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Linked by Fate
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by [?] Robert Goodman?
Cast: Richard Stanton [Edward, the minister], Mildred Bracken [Flora, the minister’s daughter], Francis Ford [John, first mate of the ship]
Méliès Star-Film [American] production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by Gaston Méliès. / Released Released 28 November 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Only 38 prints of the film were sold.
Drama.
Synopsis: [From Méliès promotional materials] Saved from a wreck, John, Flora and her father, a minster, are washed ashore on a barren island, where the father, dying from privation, requests John to marry Flora and himself ties the knot. On finding John’s diary, Flora has reason to believe him already married, and to free him makes it appear she has been drowned. John departs without her in the only boat, but Flora is saved by a passing steamer. Five years later they meet again and she learns that the woman in question is only his sister. It is a happy reunion blessed by fate.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 13 October 2o22.
References: Thompson-Star pp. 70, 232 : ClasIm-226 p. 55 : Website-IMDb.
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