Love is not in our choice, but in our fate; and whoever loved that loved not at first sight? Such was the case with Bob Spaulding, a manly fellow, who meets Dr. Rankin and his wife on the ... See full summary
Tragic Love (1909) Online
Love is not in our choice, but in our fate; and whoever loved that loved not at first sight? Such was the case with Bob Spaulding, a manly fellow, who meets Dr. Rankin and his wife on the street while they are engaged in a violent tiff. The doctor is about to strike his wife when Bob interferes, incurring the resentment of the doctor. During the flurry Mrs. Rankin drops her card case. From a card inside he learns the address and goes there to return it. They meet, and it is a case of love at first sight; but she is a wife, and beyond his reach. Disconsolate, he leaves, and stops in a neighboring café, where he sits and drinks a glass of beer, his thoughts ever on the sad, sweet face of the abused wife. While thus engaged, a couple of thugs drop knockout in his glass, and when he is well under the influence of the soporific they secure his valuables, and one then gets the card. At their den, after dividing the spoils, the one determines to go to the address on the card, where he is ...
| Credited cast: | |||
 | Arthur V. Johnson | - | Bob Spaulding |
 | David Miles | - | Mr. Rankin |
 | Linda Arvidson | - | Mrs. Rankin |
 | Florence Lawrence | - | The Maid / In Factory |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Charles Avery | - | In Factory |
 | Clara T. Bracy | ||
 | John R. Cumpson | - | Bartender |
| George Gebhardt | - | First Thief / In Factory |
 | Robert Harron | - | Paper Boy |
 | Raymond Hatton | - | A Detective / In Factory (unconfirmed) |
| Anita Hendrie | - | The Landlady / The Thieves' Accomplice / In Factory |
 | Charles Inslee | - | Second Thief |
 | Marion Leonard | - | In Factory |
 | Jeanie Macpherson | ||
| Herbert Miles |