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The Leopard's Bride (1916)
Drama
Captain Morey and Major Carr, at the English post Simla, India, are rivals for the affection of Marjorie Lansdown. The Major discovers that she loves Captain Morey, and being the superior officer, he sends Morey to a desolate outpost in ...See moreCaptain Morey and Major Carr, at the English post Simla, India, are rivals for the affection of Marjorie Lansdown. The Major discovers that she loves Captain Morey, and being the superior officer, he sends Morey to a desolate outpost in the jungle district. Morey accepts his fate, but knows the reason of his transfer. He and Marjorie part sadly. On his way to the jungle district he comes across a ceremony of human sacrifice. He saves the young victim, a young native girl, and has her brought to the outpost to protect her in the name of the British Government. The fanatic priest, thus interfered with, and hating the English, follows the girl to the outpost later with the idea of killing the captain and regaining his victim. The girl, at the risk of her own life, stabs the priest, as she is now the young English captain's abject slave. He does not notice her love, being engrossed in his love for Marjorie, but, of course, is drawn to her in gratitude for her brave deed. The major, through his spy, carries out his plans to defeat the young captain. The letters that they write to each other are destroyed and never reach their destination. As the months go by, disappointment enters the heart of each. The fever mists of the jungle claim the heartsick captain as a victim. The adoring native girl nurses him tenderly back to life. She knows the herbs to give him and this, with her nursing, restores him to health. The first news that he gets of Marjorie is a notice through the newspaper of her engagement to the major. Being tied to the native girl through gratitude and loneliness, he now turns to her and accepts her love. In the meantime the major had poisoned Marjorie's mind by telling her that Morey has taken a morganatic wife. Fate now steps in and Marjorie and her father accept the major's invitation to witness a leopard hunt in the jungles. Nadje, to wean the captain of his growing love for native wines and to strengthen him, persuades him to go on a hunt with her into the forest. In the jungle hunt, Marjorie becomes separated from her party and is thrown from her horse and about to be killed by a leopard when Nadje saves her life. Marjorie is hurt and Nadje gets her to the camp, where Morey is resting, the girl, Nadje, witnesses the meeting of the lovers, hears their explanations, witnesses their despair at the unkindness of fate. Death enters her own soul. That night the two hunting parties camp together. The natives keep close watch, as they know death stalks in the jungle as a result of the day's killing. Nadje, too, knows this, and as she realizes that she is not the love of Morey and sees the struggle that goes on in the hearts of the two, she commends her soul to her idols, goes into the lair of the leopards, binds herself to a tree and embraces death. The natives find her after she has been almost killed, and carry her to the camp. There Morey and Marjorie read her sacrifice in her dying eyes and grief and repentance enters their soul. She tells them that her fate was hung about her neck. The young officer returns to Simla after six months and again the harp of love is struck, but the minor of memories lends a sadness to its consummation. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Writer
Theodosia Harris (scenario)
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David Horsley
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Updated Apr 13, 1916
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Apr 13, 1916 (United States)

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8 cast members
Name Known for
William Clifford
Captain Morey Captain Morey   See fewer
The Hidden Law (1916)
Patricia Palmer
Nadje (as Margaret Gibson) Nadje (as Margaret Gibson)   See fewer
The Hidden Law (1916)
Nan Christy
Marjorie Lansdown Marjorie Lansdown   See fewer
The Quest (I) (1915)
Fred Montague
Mr. Lansdown (as Frederick Montague) Mr. Lansdown (as Frederick Montague)   See fewer
Cameo Kirby (1914)
Brooklyn Keller
Major Carr Major Carr   See fewer
The Price of Silence (1917)
Fred Goodwins
Nadje's Father Nadje's Father   See fewer
The Chinese Puzzle (1919)
Edward Gordon
Tom Brown Tom Brown   See fewer
Repentance (1922)
Paul Machette
A Priest A Priest   See fewer
Her Husband's Faith (1916)
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