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On the High Seas (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

On the High Seas (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

The captain of the schooner was a drunkard. His first mate was a bully and also a heavy drinker. There was hardly a man on the old wooden vessel who would not plunge his knife into the other fellow's back. Into this ship, among the crowd ...See moreThe captain of the schooner was a drunkard. His first mate was a bully and also a heavy drinker. There was hardly a man on the old wooden vessel who would not plunge his knife into the other fellow's back. Into this ship, among the crowd of brutal, unprincipled men Mr. Marshall, rich ship-owner, sent his son to reform him, "to make a man of him." His instructions to the captain were to make the boy work and put some ginger into him. In time Jim meets the captain's daughter, Elsie, and as the days pass by, he comes to love her. Elsie returns this love. Van, the mate, is also in love with the girl and he views with disgust and jealousy the attentions she receives from Jim. The latter has been forced into the rough garments of sailors and made to work. The ship is only out a short time when the captain reveals his true nature; he begins to drink heavily. The ship is practically left in charge of Van, the mate. Van ill-treats his sailors and a forty-foot fall results when he sends a man, against reason, out onto the bow-sprit. Time comes when Van and Jim clash; there is a fight. Van gets the worst of it and furious because Elsie laughs at him, he hunts the captain out and tells him there is mutiny aboard. Jim is ordered into irons. The sailors refuse to obey the order. Van shoots the captain and lays the guilt onto Jim. Jim is threatened for murder on the high seas; there is only one who believes in him, the girl, even though her own father was the victim. The captain is buried and holds the secret. The rest of the story deals with Elsie, Van and Jim, still on the boat. Van takes to drink and bullies the crew unmercifully. Elsie in the end finds out that he is the murderer, and that the captain was stabbed to death besides being shot. All this ends with a confession under peculiar circumstances, freeing Jim and making Elsie happy. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Alexander Gaden Jim Marshall - the Ship Owner's Son Jim Marshall - the Ship Owner's Son See fewer	The Skull (1914)
Dorothy Phillips Elsie - the Captain's Daughter Elsie - the Captain's Daughter See fewer	Broadway Love (1918)
Howard Crampton The Sea Captain The Sea Captain See fewer	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
Stuart Paton Van - the First Mate Van - the First Mate See fewer	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)