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Under the Fiddler's Elm (1915)
Short | Drama, Short

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Under the Fiddler's Elm (1915)

Short | Drama, Short

Martin Fletcher, of the Fletcher Transatlantic Line, refuses to grant permission to his daughter Rosalie to marry Jim Chadwick, his secretary, until Jim "makes good." Jim, however, writes to Rosalie that he will soon have $25,000. Fletcher...See moreMartin Fletcher, of the Fletcher Transatlantic Line, refuses to grant permission to his daughter Rosalie to marry Jim Chadwick, his secretary, until Jim "makes good." Jim, however, writes to Rosalie that he will soon have $25,000. Fletcher receives a black-hand letter demanding $25,000, to be placed on a rock near the so-called "Fiddler's Elm," under threat of the destruction of his new ship, the Flora. Meanwhile Fletcher's friend, Stanley Beldon, returns from Africa with a strange box the contents of which he keeps a secret. Beldon takes charge of the situation and places on the rock a fake package. Jim and a detective, Blake, watch near the rock, and the package is stolen while the detective sleeps. The next morning word comes that the Flora has been destroyed by an explosion. Jim is suspected and Blake searches his room, finding an outfit for experimenting with explosives, and a letter addressed to "Dearest," telling of expected money. Rosalie, meanwhile, meets Beldon in his car with a box of rabbits and a basket, in which she hears a strange noise. That night Blake and Fletcher, having put a package of real money on the rock, watch together. Again they find the package gone and no trace of the thief. They rush to Jim's house, where they find him counting money. Just as they are arresting him, Rosalie dashes in and explains hurriedly that Beldon is the guilty man. They all hurry to Beldon's home and find the money in his pocket. Then Rosalie explains how she has solved the mystery. She noticed that the rock bore a peculiar streak of mud, and then found the fake package in the bushes. She watched that night with her field glasses and saw Beldon near her father and Blake. She explains that Jim's money has come from the sale of a formula to the Government. Then, in the mysterious basket, she shows them Beldon's thief, a well-trained African snake. The rabbits had been intended for its food, and it was on this slender clue that Rosalie had won her success. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Edgar Jones Jim Chadwick Jim Chadwick See fewer	Lonesome Corners (1922)
Justina Huff Rosalie Fletcher Rosalie Fletcher See fewer	Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913)
Lew Mortelle Stanley Belden (as Louis Mortelle) Stanley Belden (as Louis Mortelle) See fewer	The Inevitable Penalty (1915)
Edwin B. Tilton Martin B. Fletcher - Rosalie's Father Martin B. Fletcher - Rosalie's Father See fewer	The Midnight Express (1924)
Walter Marshall Actor Actor See fewer	The Only Way Out (1915)
Gilbert Ely Actor Actor See fewer	The White Mask (1915)
Jack McDonald Actor Actor See fewer	The Last of the Mohicans (1920)
George Clarke Actor (as George Clark) Actor (as George Clark) See fewer	The Double Life of Mr. Alfred Burton (1919)