The Stranger (1910 film)

The Stranger is an American silent film directed by Sidney Olcott with Gene Gauntier and Robert Vignola in the leading roles, and produced by Kalem Company.

The Stranger
Robert G. Vignola
Directed by	Sidney Olcott
Produced by	Sidney Olcott
Starring	Gene Gauntier Robert Vignola
Production company	Kalem Company
Distributed by	General Film Company
Release date	December 30, 1910 (1910-12-30)
Running time	1005 ft
Country	United States
Languages	Silent film (English intertitles)

Plot summary

An elderly stranger (Robert G. Vignola) walks into the town of Rotherfield, and boards at the Rhode Inn. The daughter of the innkeeper, Ann Rhode (Gene Gauntier) becomes attracted to him, though her father (Charles Ogle) cautions her, saying the stranger is too old and too poor for her. The stranger reveals that his name is Amos Brown, but reveals nothing else about himself, and Ann continues to be attracted to him. Gossip starts to spread about Amos, and Cecil Lattimer (Charles West), who is betrothed to Ann, bets gambler Eddie Lockman (Alfred Paget) that he can figure out the stranger's identity. Cecil, who really made the bet because he is spiteful and wants to kill Amos, lures him to the top of a mountain, and tries to pull him off. Thankfully, Eddie has followed Cecil, and he shoots him; but at that moment Ann's father comes. He thinks that Amos has killed Cecil to get Ann, but Eddie sacrifices himself so that Amos will not be hanged. Later, Amos takes Ann out on a walk to the town, and reveals to her that he is really a young man, and that he is fleeing the police in the neighboring town of Rackham, because they mistakenly believe that he has committed a murder there; Anne says she will marry him anyway, but he says he will only do so when his name is cleared. Suddenly, a posse from Rackham, led by the mayor, who chase Amos. He bids Ann to hide, and then, quickly giving a man (W. Chrystie Miller) twenty dollars for his horse, rides away from the posse, eventually being chased up the mountain. Finally, the mayor confronts Amos on top of the mountain, and reveals he is not the real mayor, but Cecil Lattimer! Cecil tries to kill Amos, but Amos pushes him off the mountain in self-defense. Ann comes up the mountain, and worries that Amos will be hanged for murdering Cecil, so she attempts to hide the body, but her father, accompanied by a doctor (the same man who Amos bought a horse from), and the doctor examines Cecil, and says he died of an apoplexy before he fell, and then Ann's father says that the real Rackham murderer has been found, and so Amos and Ann embrace.

Cast

• Gene Gauntier - Ann Rhode
• Robert Vignola - Amos Brown
• Charles West - Cecil Lattimer
• Charles Ogle - Innkeeper Rhode
• Alfred Paget - Eddie Lockman
• W. Chrystie Miller - Doctor

Bibliography

• The Bioscope, 1911, February 9.
• The Film Index, 1910, December 24, p 21; December 31, p 5, p 22.
• The Moving Picture World, vol 7, p 1547; vol 8, n°1, p 88.
• The New York Dramatic Mirror, 1911, January 4, p 30.

External links

• The Stranger at IMDb
• The Stranger website dedicated to Sidney Olcott (in French)
• The Stranger at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films