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  • The Vortex of Fate (1913)
  • Short | Short, Western
The Vortex of Fate (1913)
Short | Short, Western
In obedience to her father's wishes, Louise marries Dr. Hortz, a chemist, although she really loves Richard Marx, a childhood friend of the doctor. The doctor is so interested in experimenting for a chemical formula that will transform ail...See moreIn obedience to her father's wishes, Louise marries Dr. Hortz, a chemist, although she really loves Richard Marx, a childhood friend of the doctor. The doctor is so interested in experimenting for a chemical formula that will transform ail organic matter into cellulose, that he fails to give his wife proper attention. After two years he succeeds in finding the long sought formula, but his limited means prevent him from bringing his discovery before the world. After years of travel, Richard Marx returns a wealthy man and meets his old friend, the doctor. He is interested in the discovery and furnishes the money for his enterprise. One night the doctor is alone in the factory when a fire breaks out. In his desperate efforts to save all that was possible, the doctor goes into Richard's office and gathers all available papers. Among these are the love letters which Louise had written to Richard before her marriage. The doctor reads them and is prostrated by the news, and feeling that he is in the way of his wife's happiness, he decides to leave the city and go west. All believe him dead, and later the factory fails. His wife and their son, Frank, are left penniless, so Frank decides to go west in search of a fortune. One night, in a saloon out west, Frank gets into an argument with a cowboy and accidentally shoots him. The feeling against Frank is very strong and he is captured, and the cowboys plan to end his life. The sheriff is advised of their action while in the saloon, and while he is being told of the shooting, he discovers a tiny gold chain on the floor, which he recognizes. He immediately rushes to the spot where Frank is about to be killed and at once recognizes him as his own son and frees him. Dr. Hortz had become the sheriff of the county. They then leave for home, and Louise, who is so overcome by the sight of her husband whom she had believed dead, dies in his arms. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated May 31, 1913
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Feb 1914 (United States)

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