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Vultures and Doves (1912)
Short | Drama, Short

Vultures and Doves (1912)

Short | Drama, Short

"Thirty per cent dividend! Is your money supporting you? If not, call and see us. Rising Sun Copper Company." This is the bait that the vultures throw out to catch the "doves," widows and orphans. Mrs. Hanley reads this advertisement in ...See more"Thirty per cent dividend! Is your money supporting you? If not, call and see us. Rising Sun Copper Company." This is the bait that the vultures throw out to catch the "doves," widows and orphans. Mrs. Hanley reads this advertisement in the morning paper. After considering and comparing the 4% which she is drawing on the money which was left her by her dead husband, with the offer of 30% by the Rising Sun Copper Company, she decides to invest her money and "Be Independent" for life. She draws her deposit from the bank and calls at the office of the company to secure their so-called "Gilt-Edged" certificates of stock. The Bankers' Association calls upon the Federal authorities to investigate this get-rich-quick mining company. Secret service men are put on the case and they soon secure evidence and lay their plans to arrest the swindlers. Detective Burns is put on the case and soon has them in custody. Mrs. Manley learns that she has been robbed. She calls up the police, but they can do nothing to help her, although they deeply sympathize with her. She is obliged to go to work for her two children, but finds it impossible to secure enough means to support them until she is reduced to such poverty she is dispossessed and thrown upon the street. She is taken ill and dies. The tragedy is a sad one in its climax, where we see her two little children bending over her grave. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Harry Northrup Detective Burns Detective Burns See fewer	The Heart of Maryland (1927)
Julia Swayne Gordon Mrs. Hanley Mrs. Hanley See fewer	My Lady's Slipper (1916)
Robert Gaillard Actor Actor See fewer	The Golden Pathway (1913)
Dolores Costello Mrs. Hanley's Little Girl Mrs. Hanley's Little Girl See fewer	The Sea Beast (1926)
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