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The Secret Agent (1916)
Short | Short, Drama

The Secret Agent (1916)

Short | Short, Drama

Mrs. Vanderlind, a wealthy American widow residing in Paris, bought some unusually fine diamonds for a necklace. News of this reached the Paris branch of the American secret service through the regular channels, the sale being reported by ...See moreMrs. Vanderlind, a wealthy American widow residing in Paris, bought some unusually fine diamonds for a necklace. News of this reached the Paris branch of the American secret service through the regular channels, the sale being reported by the jeweler. Meanwhile Wilbur Clark, a secret service agent, had met Alicia Carlton, Mrs. Vanderlind's niece, when he saved her from a panicky horse and had felt himself attracted to the beautiful girl. James Tawney, a crook whose gentlemanly appearance serves to give him entree to the best circles, had made Mrs. Vanderlind's acquaintance through Harold French, a society man, and had designs on the diamonds. So when Mrs. Vanderlind announced to her jeweler, in the presence of Tawney, that she intended to send the diamonds to America by her niece. Alicia Carlton, it was natural that the westbound vessel should bear Alicia. Tawney and Wilbur Clark. Tawney had seen Mrs. Vanderlind concealing the diamonds in a peculiar smelling-salts bottle, which Alicia often wore on a neck chain. Clark and his assistant, when entering Alicia's stateroom to search it in her absence, surprised Tawney there. But Tawney produced secret service credentials and warned Clark not to interfere in the case. Clark, however, sent a wireless message to Washington, D.C., asking if Tawney's secret service credentials were genuine. Meanwhile Clark hated himself for pursuing the girl he loved. But, believing her a lawbreaker, he saw no other course open to him. That night he resolved to open the question with her about its contents. When Alicia professed ignorance of the bottle's contents. Clark felt irritated. For his reply he opened the bottle. It was empty. "Your diamonds; you've been robbed, and I know who did it," cried Clark who suspected Tawney. Alicia's peal of laughter interrupted him. "Why the stones I am carrying to America are imitations," she said, "from which a design for a necklace will be made. Then when auntie arrives the real stones can be slipped in their settings." When word arrived that Tawney's credentials were false. Clark and Alicia were so happy in their love for each other that they only smiled when he learned that the man who had brought them together had escaped by tug. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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11 cast members

Name	Known for
Robert T. Haines Wilbur Clark Wilbur Clark See fewer	The Governor's Lady (1923)
Kathleen Butler Alicia Carlton (as Cathleen Butler) Alicia Carlton (as Cathleen Butler) See fewer	McVeagh of the South Seas (1914)
Flavia Arcaro Mrs. Vanderlind Mrs. Vanderlind See fewer	The Plunderer (1915)
Henry W. Pemberton James Tawney James Tawney See fewer	The Dead Line (1920)
Charles W. Travis J.P. Hayden J.P. Hayden See fewer	The Quality of Faith (1916)
Albert Macklin Harold French Harold French See fewer	The Drifter (1916)
Sidney Mason Clark's Assistant Clark's Assistant See fewer	Orphan Sally (1922)
Miss Davis Alicia's Maid Alicia's Maid See fewer	A Continental Girl (1915)
Marie Vaughn Mrs. Vanderlind's Maid Mrs. Vanderlind's Maid See fewer	The Secret Agent (1916)
J. Gunnis Davis The Jeweler's Clerk (as James Davis) The Jeweler's Clerk (as James Davis) See fewer	Chastity (1923)
Simeon Wiltsie The Jeweler (as S.S. Wiltsie) The Jeweler (as S.S. Wiltsie) See fewer	The Wishing Ring: An Idyll of Old England (1914)