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A Royal Outcast (1909)
Short | Short, Drama

A Royal Outcast (1909)

Short | Short, Drama

Our picture story is told in the pretty environment of mythical Arcady, in the time of the timorous King Francis the First of hated memory. Like all kings of a timid and vacillating turn of mind, Francis was surrounded by bad courtiers, ...See moreOur picture story is told in the pretty environment of mythical Arcady, in the time of the timorous King Francis the First of hated memory. Like all kings of a timid and vacillating turn of mind, Francis was surrounded by bad courtiers, who, taking advantage of his failings, caused no end of trouble to the king's subjects by furthering schemes for their own advancement. Francis had no children of his own and the heir apparent, the infant Clarence, being only a nephew, other relatives were intriguing against his interest to get control of the throne. Amongst them was a rascally duke. As our story opens, we see the duke receive a letter from one of his satellites, telling him to hasten to the Cardinal with an order of arrest against the infant Clarence. The King convinced by the Duke's adherents that the relatives of the heir apparent intended to dethrone him has played into the Duke's hands by issuing the order. A servant of Clarence's father overhears the plot, and rushing to his master s castle with the news, causes great excitement. The parents realize that if their child once falls into the hands of the Duke his life is lost so they plan to save him by strategy. Like all castles in Arcady, this one has a secret passage leading to a subterranean chamber, which in turn opens upon the bank of a river through a huge stone door, which door opens only to the touch of a secret spring. The Cardinal, the Duke and their retainers arrive to take possession of the child, but the infant Clarence is not to be found; we have seen him placed in a chest in a large dark closet; the bottom of the chest opens and lowers the child gently into the waiting arms of the old servant who first gave the alarm, the stone door swings open disclosing the river. The mother before parting with the child has pinned a small purse of gold and a note to its clothing for the servant does not know to what expedient he may have to resort in order to save the child's life. It proves to be a wise precaution, for after gaining the river bank, the servant discovers he is pursued, and knowing that discovery means death to the child, places his charge in an open boat and sends it adrift, then returns to confront his captors. Their tortures fail to compel him to betray his young master and the poor man returns to the castle to relate to the grief-stricken parents the story of what he was forced to do in order to save his charge. "The Next Day'' two peasants are walking on the river bank; the man is lame, the woman is young, rugged and strong. She calls the man's attention to a richly decorated gondola that is floating unguided down the stream. "Look, Hans. Don't you see a child's face nestling against the cushions? Listen to its cry." "An infant? Mary of Mercy, so it is. I'll go for help." "No, you watch our baskets. I can swim and I'll soon bring it to shore." In spite of her lame husband's feeble protests, she plunges into the stream, and we witness the rescue of Clarence. He is taken to the peasants' hut; the gold and the mother's appeal are found; the peasant mother has a babe of her own. "We'll keep him as a playmate to little Lesa," and so the royal outcast receives a peasant's welcome, share and share alike. Only the very poor understand charity. "Seven Years Later" the peasants are at Leydey, the capital of Arcady, selling vegetables. The mother reads a placard on the castle wall. "5,000 golden florins for the recovery of the infant Clarence, cast adrift in an open boat seven years ago, in the hope of saving him from political enemies." "See, Hans, they mean our adopted boy; I don't want their money the child belongs to me. Come." The children are quickly placed in a two wheeled donkey cart and the family make for their peasant home, but the faithful servant of the house of Clarence has seen their agitation upon reading the placard, and he quickly imparts his discovery to the boy's parents. They, accompanied by a mounted retinue of retainers, start in pursuit. "At the Peasants' Home" we see mother and child reunited, then the triumphal return of Clarence to his princely castle. The King Francis dies, the Duke who plotted Clarence's death is banished, and the royal outcast comes into his own, is crowned King of Arcardy, and the peasant family who succored him are given good positions at his court, and all ends happily, as all tales which teach the inevitable triumph of virtue and honesty over vice and villainy should end. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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