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The Call (I) (1913)
Short | 22 min | Short, Drama

The Call (I) (1913)

Short | 22 min | Short, Drama

Lucile has married Ed Wilson, but still continues to receive visits from Tom Hughes, a former suitor and friend of her husband, who works in the same office with him. Tom generally announces his arrival by a yodeling call outside the house...See moreLucile has married Ed Wilson, but still continues to receive visits from Tom Hughes, a former suitor and friend of her husband, who works in the same office with him. Tom generally announces his arrival by a yodeling call outside the house, and is always given an enthusiastic welcome by both husband and wife. Estrangement results between Ed and Lucile when she sees Tom getting along in the office better than her husband. Ed becomes discouraged and takes to drink, and is finally discharged from the office. Tom suggests to him that the right thing to do would be for him to drop out of Lucile's life and give her a chance for happiness with another man. Late one night, Ed leaves the house and starts for the west. Chance, in the form of a railroad accident, favors him, and he is able to lose his identity by changing clothes and papers with an unrecognizable victim. Tom identifies the papers and the dead man is buried as Ed Wilson. Two years later Lucile marries Tom. Ed, meanwhile, has assumed the name of "Bill Stanton," and is making good as a forester in the great northwest. Within a few years he becomes enormously wealthy, and one day, by chance, he meets a clerk from his former office. He hears of Lucile's marriage to Tom and is told also that Tom had so neglected and ill-treated her that she had died, suspicion pointing to Tom as her murderer, though nothing could be proven against him. Ed resolves to be revenged on Tom and starts toward the city, sending word that he is coming. His letters become more and more frequent until the thirteenth announces that he is in the city. By means of the call which Tom has formerly used when calling at his house, Ed reduces Tom to a state of absolute terror. He finally enters Tom's house and the final act of his vengeance is accomplished. In the struggle between the two men Ed is shot and dies a few moments after his victim. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
E.K. Lincoln Ned Wilson (as Edward K. Lincoln) Ned Wilson (as Edward K. Lincoln) See fewer	Lafayette, We Come (1918)
Edith Storey Lucille Wilson, Ned's Wife Lucille Wilson, Ned's Wife See fewer	The Christian (1914)
Gladden James Tom Hughes Tom Hughes See fewer	The Third Degree (1919)
Ralph Ince A Friend of Ned's A Friend of Ned's See fewer	Lincoln, the Lover (1914)