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The Village Vampire (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy

The Village Vampire (1916)

Short | Short, Comedy

Fred Mace is the station agent of a railroad at a small town. His daughter is in love with the son of the cashier at the mill, while he himself is the adored of an old maid. The cashier meanwhile has answered a matrimonial advertisement ...See moreFred Mace is the station agent of a railroad at a small town. His daughter is in love with the son of the cashier at the mill, while he himself is the adored of an old maid. The cashier meanwhile has answered a matrimonial advertisement and in response receives a letter and picture of Billie Brockwell, followed in due time by the lady herself. The cashier shows her through the mill and incidentally displays the large amount of money which is in his care. She urges him to take it and elope with her, and he agrees to do so. To avoid suspicion she suggests that he go on an earlier train. In the confusion of starting he takes the wrong grip and when the holdup men who have received the tip to rob him search the grip they find that it does not contain the money. Miss Brockwell discovers the mix up in the grips and summons the prospective robbers. The cashier enlists the aid of the police and follows them. There is a stirring chase and a running fight between the crooks in an auto and the pursuers on a railroad engine. The crooks arrive first by taking a short cut and rob the mill safe. Mace and the old maid, who have followed out of curiosity, are bound and gagged. The son of the cashier is tied to a machine that carries his body slowly toward a big crusher. The crooks even turn on their chief, Miss Brockwell. and then endeavor to make their escape by a bucket line across the canyon. The station agent's daughter, riding to the mill, finds that the desperadoes have blown up all the bridges, but she makes a thrilling leap into the water with her horse, breaks through the doors of the mill and saves everyone from the flames which are now roaring through the structure. The police posse across the canyon captures the crooks one by one as they come over the wire in buckets. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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12 cast members

Name	Known for
Fred Mace The Station Agent The Station Agent See fewer	Without Hope (1914)
Anna Luther The Station Agent's Daughter The Station Agent's Daughter See fewer	The Beast (1916)
Dale Fuller The Agent's Admirer The Agent's Admirer See fewer	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Josef Swickard The Widowed Mill Cashier The Widowed Mill Cashier See fewer	You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Earle Rodney The Cashier's Son The Cashier's Son See fewer	Uppercut O'Brien (1929)
Billie Brockwell The Adventuress The Adventuress See fewer	Linda (1929)
Charles Arling 1st Accomplice 1st Accomplice See fewer	Back to God's Country (1919)
Hugh Fay 2nd Accomplice 2nd Accomplice See fewer	Glad Rags (1922)
Frank Hayes The Police Chief The Police Chief See fewer	Vanity Fair (1923)
William Hauber 3rd Accomplice 3rd Accomplice See fewer	Passing the Buck (1919)
Billy Gilbert Secondary Role (as Little Billy Gilbert) Secondary Role (as Little Billy Gilbert) See fewer	Comrades (1928)
Frank Reynolds Cop (uncredited) Cop (uncredited) See fewer	A Warm Reception (1917)