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  • Checkmate (1915)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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Checkmate (1915)
Short | Short, Drama
Tom and Arthur, two friends, are employed, respectively, as wire chief for the telephone company, and as telegraph operator for Burton Gray, a stockbroker. Tom meets Gray's ward, Dorothy, and is greatly attracted. Dorothy never has seen ...See moreTom and Arthur, two friends, are employed, respectively, as wire chief for the telephone company, and as telegraph operator for Burton Gray, a stockbroker. Tom meets Gray's ward, Dorothy, and is greatly attracted. Dorothy never has seen her father. He had placed her in Gray's care as a baby, refusing to see her because her birth had cost her mother her life. And he had given Gray a sum of money to be handed to Dorothy upon her coming of age, or in the event she should marry. Gray uses the money in speculation, and it is lost. Dorothy's father, outgrowing his antipathy to his daughter, wires Gray that he is coming to take the girl in charge. Her guardian, knowing that Dorothy loves him, determines to persuade her to marry him in order to avoid the discovery of the misappropriation of the funds. Tom overhears Gray engaging train accommodations and is suspicious. Then, finding the telegram from Dorothy's father, he accuses his employer. Gray knocks Tom down and ties him up with a wire from an electric drop light. Though bound, the young man manages to pull a telephone from the desk, and using the receiver as a key, he telegraphs for help. The flashing light at central puzzles the operator, who summons Arthur, the wire chief. Arthur rushes to Tom's assistance, and they pursue Gray. Tom boards the train, which already is in motion, and when Gray attempts to throw him off, Dorothy summons help. The young man shows Dorothy her father's telegram and tells her his story. She is convinced of her guardian's stratagem. Eventually she and Tom are married. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Apr 27, 1915
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Apr 27, 1915 (United States)

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Charles Gorman primary photo
Charles Gorman
Tom - a Telegraph Operator Tom - a Telegraph Operator   See fewer
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Vester Pegg primary photo
Vester Pegg
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William Lowery primary photo
William Lowery
Burton Gray (as William E. Lowery) Burton Gray (as William E. Lowery)   See fewer
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Bessie Buskirk
Dorothy - Gray's Ward (as Bess Buskirk) Dorothy - Gray's Ward (as Bess Buskirk)   See fewer
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