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The Indian Squaw's Sacrifice (1910) Online

The Indian Squaw's Sacrifice (1910) Online
Original Title :
The Indian Squawu0027s Sacrifice
Genre :
Movie / Short / Western
Year :
1910
Type :
Movie
Rating :
6.8/10

Tom Shelby is employed as manager in the office of Ned Thornby's father. Both Tom and Ned have the combination to the safe. Ned's life is the usual one of a successful broker's son, cafés, ... See full summary

The Indian Squaw's Sacrifice (1910) Online

Tom Shelby is employed as manager in the office of Ned Thornby's father. Both Tom and Ned have the combination to the safe. Ned's life is the usual one of a successful broker's son, cafés, women, wine, gambling are his amusements. Tom, on the contrary, is high-minded and self-respecting and deeply in love with Ned's sister. Ned is seen in a fashionable gambling establishment, surrounded by both men and women gamblers. He loses his stakes; the gambling mania has so strong an attraction for him he determines to secure money from his father's safe. Quickly stealing away, he accomplishes the robbery and returns only to again be fleeced. Tom, arriving at the office next morning, finds the safe door open; while wondering what has occurred Ned enters. He explains to Ned, who immediately accuses Tom of the crime and attempts to call the police to arrest Tom, who at that moment discovers Ned's cane lying on the floor. The tables are turned. Ned begs Tom to shield him from disgrace. This Tom ...


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Saithi

Saithi

A heart story, starting with a robbery committed by one man for which another takes the blame, a marriage with an Indian squaw and a turn of events which brought the man and his first love together again. When the Indian wife learns the state of affairs she commits suicide so that there will be no obstacle to her husband and his first love marrying. This may be a good story, but it seems as though a wedding following a sacrifice of this sort could not be happy. There is something in marriage beyond the ceremony, yet it is treated by some who make stories as a matter which can be assumed or dissolved, as may seem best. - The Moving Picture World, August 27, 1910