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Checkmate (1911)
Short | Drama, Romance, Short

Checkmate (1911)

Short | Drama, Romance, Short

A young heiress had two suitors, one a French nobleman, with a long line of ancestors and wealth, and the other, a bright, young American businessman. The girl's aunt, with visions of society in her mind's eye, favors the nobleman and is ...See moreA young heiress had two suitors, one a French nobleman, with a long line of ancestors and wealth, and the other, a bright, young American businessman. The girl's aunt, with visions of society in her mind's eye, favors the nobleman and is hurt and grieved when the girl selects the American. The baron, who never thought for a moment that his suit would be rejected, vows vengeance on his successful rival, and induces the aunt to aid him in his plot. When the young man calls to see his fiancée, he finds she is out and waits for her in the room where the baron and the aunt sit. A few moments later, the servant, attracted by cries, rushes in to find the baron lying wounded on the floor with his rival bending over him, a knife in his hand. The baron and the aunt both swear that Jack did the stabbing. The servant and a policeman see him with the knife. It is a clear case, according to the jury, and Jack is sent to prison for ten years. But his sweetheart is faithful to him and determines to prove his innocence. Fortune favors her. She meets on the street a man much resembling Jack, a homeless outcast, who is about to smash a plate glass window so that the law will give him the food and shelter that he cannot find himself. The girl makes a bargain with him. He is to take the convict's place in prison and to be paid liberally regardless of the length of time he serves. And the man gladly consents. The heiress plans the substitution in such a clever way that the suspicions of the authorities are not aroused. The aunt, confronted with the man she has wronged, believes he is a ghost and admits that she and the baron plotted to put an innocent man in prison. She confesses that the baron's wounds were self-inflicted, the servant and the policeman, though they swore to the truth, placed a wrong construction on what they saw, and a man was punished for a crime he never committed. The convict is promptly pardoned, without the substitution being known, and after the necessary legal formalities, the State Prison receives a French baron of distinguished lineage, sentenced for perjury and now known only by a number. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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