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The Maniac (1911) Online

The Maniac (1911) Online
Original Title :
The Maniac
Genre :
Movie / Drama / Family / Short
Year :
1911
Directror :
Harry Solter
Cast :
Florence Lawrence,Arthur V. Johnson,Albert McGovern
Type :
Movie
Rating :
6.7/10

An escaped mental patient assumes the identity of a society girl's dead father and threatens her marriage.

The Maniac (1911) Online

This story opens in an insane asylum where two of the inmates, Sam and Johns, are seen mopping the floor. .Johns picked up a newspaper and noticed the engagement of a Miss Dora Elsmore and Mr. Harry Danen. The article stated that Miss Elsmore was an orphan. Johns immediately conceived a scheme whereby he would appear as the long lost father of Miss Elsmore. He and Sara escaped from the asylum and in due time Johns appeared before Dora and proclaimed himself her long lost parent. Being a dutiful daughter, she prepared a comfortable room for him and determined to take care of him for the rest of his life. Dora wrote to Harry, explaining the family disgrace and breaking their engagement. Of course, this letter brought Harry post haste. He begged Dora to allow him to investigate and discover whether this man really was her father. Johns overheard the conversation and filled with maniacal rage, secured a butcher knife, intending to kill Harry. In the chase they met Sam, whom Johns felled ...
Cast overview:
Florence Lawrence Florence Lawrence - Dora Elsmore
Arthur V. Johnson Arthur V. Johnson - Johns - the Maniac
Albert McGovern Albert McGovern - Harry Dannen - Dora's Fiance


User reviews

Goldenfang

Goldenfang

The audience laughed a good deal while this comedy-farce was on the screen. The maniac thinks he's the long-lost father of the society girl. He read an announcement in the paper of the girl's engagement, and this mentioned the fact that the girl's father and mother had been lost years before in a shipwreck. The maniac escapes, appears and claims to be the lady's father, telling her he's just come from the penitentiary. She believes him and there is a painful time for the girl and her fiancé. Mr. Johnson plays the maniac and manages to put fun into a situation that was very hard to keep from being tragic; perhaps that is the very reason why his acting seems so funny. - The Moving Picture World, October 28, 1911