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  • On Fortune's Wheel (1913)
  • Short | Short, Drama
On Fortune's Wheel (1913)
Short | Short, Drama
James Mulford, a banker, facing ruin, robs the bank. Boyd, the cashier, is sent to prison for 15 years for the robbery. Mulford places his young son in a boarding school and goes to a small Arizona town and starts another bank. Boyd's wife...See moreJames Mulford, a banker, facing ruin, robs the bank. Boyd, the cashier, is sent to prison for 15 years for the robbery. Mulford places his young son in a boarding school and goes to a small Arizona town and starts another bank. Boyd's wife places her infant daughter in a foundling home and goes to work by the day. Fifteen years later Mulford's son and Boyd's daughter have grown up, have met, and are engaged to be married. The girl had been adopted by a wealthy family, named Clayton, and had been raised in luxury. Her real mother has lost track of her. The mother is employed as housekeeper in the Clayton home and finally learns that the Clayton girl is her daughter. Mulford in the west writes to forbid his son marrying a person of doubtful parentage. Mrs. Boyd, the girl's real mother, goes to Arizona to interview Mulford. Meanwhile Boyd is released from prison and is on the trail of Mulford to get revenge. He meets his wife in Mulford's bank. Mulford flees before Boyd's wrath, but is captured and killed by Indians whom be had defrauded out of valuable lands. Mulford's objections removed by death, the young people are free to marry. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Charles Giblyn
Producer
Thomas H. Ince
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Updated Apr 11, 1913
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Apr 11, 1913 (United States)

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