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The Iron Master
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Travers Vale
Cast: George Morgan [The Iron Master], Viola Smith (Vola Vale) [The Iron Master’s sister], Louise Vale [Claire], William Jefferson [Claire’s brother], Franklin Ritchie [Duc de Bligny], Vivian Prescott [Athenais]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From the novel Le maître de forges by Georges Ohnet. / © 1914 by Biograph Company. Released 13 October 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The novel was subsequently filmed as American Methods (1917).
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Between the wealth of the aristocrat and the fortune of the successful tradesman there is a great social difference, which is emphasized in this drama. The haughty young society girl marries the Iron Master for reasons which are dramatically shown, but she does not love him. He is a bourgeois and does not understand the feelings of an aristocrat she thinks. But the swift developments which follow their marriage make this splendid character beloved by the observer long before the great climax brings to his wife the realization of his true nobility.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 13 September 2023.
References: Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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