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As the Shadows Fall (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

As the Shadows Fall (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Marshall Faxon is a philanthropist, and in order to carry out his work is in charge of the Municipal Employment Bureau. In this position he comes in contact with the seamy side of life and is thus enabled to give much needed assistance to ...See moreMarshall Faxon is a philanthropist, and in order to carry out his work is in charge of the Municipal Employment Bureau. In this position he comes in contact with the seamy side of life and is thus enabled to give much needed assistance to those who really deserve it. His fiancée, Bertha Winston, is a society girl. She does not like the idea of Faxon associating with what she thinks is the lower class. Winnie Perry, a hardworking stenographer, is persecuted by the attentions of Eddie Winston. She does not know Winston's real name, and in order to force his attentions upon the girl Winston succeeds in having her discharged from different positions. The girl is penniless and is forced to accept Eddie's attentions to a certain extent. One day a friend gives her a card of the Municipal Employment Bureau. She calls upon Faxon, telling of her trouble and persecution, and he readily agrees to assist her. She is given a note to the manager of a large store, where she secures a position as a stenographer. Eddie has seen her call at the store and that evening as she is leaving he confronts her and threatens to have her discharged unless she will go with him. Desperate for fear she will lose this place, she reluctantly agrees. At the time Winnie had called upon Faxon Bertha was present and had taken a violent dislike to the girl because Faxon had seemed to take an interest in her. Before the arrival of Eddie that night Winnie regrets her promise and thinks in vain of a solution. She determines to call upon Faxon for help. She calls at his house and is informed he is at the Winston home. Faxon and Bertha are enjoying a quiet evening when the phone rings and Bertha receives the call. She recognizes Winnie's voice and on the spur of the moment, through jealousy, fails to deliver the message to Faxon. However, she leaves the phone off the hook. The girl, thinking Faxon had refused to talk to her, accompanies Eddie to a well-known restaurant. Winnie's escort tries to force her to drink, but she flatly refuses. Later on he proposes they go to a hotel and she is forced to accompany him. A maid at the Winston home finds the receiver down and calls Bertha's attention to it. She flustered, and on the spur of the moment tells Faxon of the girl calling for him and she (Bertha) had forgotten to deliver the message. Faxon realizes the girl must have been in trouble to call him that time of night, and hurriedly tries to reach her. The landlady tells him she has gone out with a young man, and very reluctant to go. Faxon secures a detective to institute a search. Winnie and Eddie are traced to the hotel, and Faxon and the officer start upstairs. Meanwhile, alone in the room with Eddie, Winnie resists all his advances and threatens to jump out of the window if he tries to embrace her. In the scuffle his pocketbook drops to the floor unnoticed. Winnie, preferring death to dishonor, leaps through the window just as the detective and Faxon enter the door. Eddie escapes unnoticed and the two, looking out the window, see the girl's form below. Faxon finds the pocketbook and on learning who the owner is is filled with conflicting emotions. The girl is taken to the hospital and found to be seriously injured. Faxon and the officer return to the Winston home and find Eddie with his sister. He is taken in charge for the murder. Later Winnie is pronounced on the road to recovery. Through her long illness Bertha has been a friend and comforter. She refuses to make any charge against Eddie, who is sent to Europe in the hope that he will reform. Faxon calls upon Winnie and finds Bertha cheering the girl up. A misunderstanding had naturally arisen between Faxon and Bertha and Winnie realizes that she has unconsciously been to blame for it. She joins their hands and expresses the wish that they be happy once more. Faxon realizes that Bertha can now be really of some help to him and his work. The story ends happily by the two telling Winnie her troubles are now over. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Herbert Rawlinson Marshall Faxon Marshall Faxon See fewer	The Flame Fighter (1925)
Agnes Vernon Winnie Perry Winnie Perry See fewer	Queen of the Turf (1921)
Dorothy Beebe Bertha Winston Bertha Winston See fewer	As the Shadows Fall (1915)
Barney Furey Eddie Winston Eddie Winston See fewer	The Big Diamond Robbery (1929)
Jack Wells Actor Actor See fewer	The Lion Man (1919)