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The Code of Honor (1916)
Short | Short, Drama

The Code of Honor (1916)

Short | Short, Drama

Captain Frank Marvin and Lieut. Bob Chase are army draftsmen in the Ordnance Department. Marvin is working on plans for a submarine that is expected to revolutionize warfare. One of the foreign governments is anxious to obtain the plans. ...See moreCaptain Frank Marvin and Lieut. Bob Chase are army draftsmen in the Ordnance Department. Marvin is working on plans for a submarine that is expected to revolutionize warfare. One of the foreign governments is anxious to obtain the plans. Valpar, an agent of this government, attempts to bribe Frank but fails. Frank is in love with Bob's sister Ruth. Valpar learns that Bob's weakness is women, and inveigles into his scheme his niece, Zena. Bob becomes infatuated with Zena, and Zena puts Bob to the supreme test of his love. Although as she says she is engaged to another, she will flee with him providing he steals the submarine plans. He steals the plans and delivers them to Zena. She tells him she will be ready to go with him in one hour. When he returns at the end of that time, Zena has vacated her apartments. Bob realizes he has been tricked. In desperation he leaves a note for Ruth, confessing all and saying he is going to end his life. Frank in the meantime has discovered the loss. Aware that he alone is responsible for the plans he sends a note to Ruth telling of their loss, and declaring he is going to die. When Ruth receives the note she rushes into Bob's room to obtain his assistance, and there finds a note that Bob left. Rushing to the telephone Ruth attempts to call up Frank. The line is busy. Zena during this time has delivered the plans to her uncle. They attempt to catch a train but miss it. There is not another train until morning and they take connecting rooms at a hotel. Zena realizes that she really loves Bob and pleads with her uncle to allow her to return the plans. When he scoffs at her entreaty, she grabs the plans and runs into her own room, locking the door, and imprisoning Valpar. Frank has gone to the docks to commit suicide, but he determines to make a final search of the safe, thinking perhaps he might have misplaced the plans. Zena telephones to Frank's office, in hope of locating Bob. Her telephone call halts Bob's suicide, and he rushes from the office, leaving his revolver on Frank's desk. Arriving in his office, Frank again looks for the plans, but his search is futile. He sees the revolver and believes that Bob has learned from Ruth the loss of the plans and that Bob has invoked the code of honor of the army to save him from disgrace. Ruth dons one of Bob's uniforms and hastens to avert the tragedy, if possible. Bob reaches Zena just as Valpar breaks down the door connecting the two rooms. Valpar, seeing that the game is up, flees. As Zena and Bob embrace, Bob suddenly remembers leaving the revolver on Frank's desk. Knowing that he is bound to discover the loss of the plans and that in finding the revolver he will believe suspicion has been directed against him, he hurriedly returns to the barracks with Zena. Ruth in Bob's uniform is making her way to Frank's room, when she is jostled by an intoxicated soldier. Her hat falls off revealing her long hair. Quick explanations follow and Bob and Ruth hurry to Frank's office. Confessions and explanations are made, Frank forgives Bob, and two marriages follow. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Gayne Whitman Capt. Frank Marvin (as Alfred Vosburgh) Capt. Frank Marvin (as Alfred Vosburgh) See fewer	Money Madness (1917)
Estelle Allen Ruth Chase Ruth Chase See fewer	The Road to Love (1916)
Frank Borzage Lt. Bob Chase Lt. Bob Chase See fewer	Bad Girl (1931)
George Periolat Molne Valpar Molne Valpar See fewer	The Red Lily (1924)
Vivian Rich Zena - Valpar's Niece Zena - Valpar's Niece See fewer	In Trust (1915)
Ward McAllister Monte Monte See fewer	Tense Moments from Great Plays (1922)