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  • At Twelve O'Clock (1915)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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At Twelve O'Clock (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

Fred receives an invitation from his uncle to visit him in the west and at the same time that a telegram comes stating that a moving picture concern wants a scenario from a melodrama at 12 o'clock the next day. Arriving in the west, Fred ...See moreFred receives an invitation from his uncle to visit him in the west and at the same time that a telegram comes stating that a moving picture concern wants a scenario from a melodrama at 12 o'clock the next day. Arriving in the west, Fred captures a gunman is persuaded to release him by the gunman's sister, Lillian, who takes Fred's eye. Fred loses his heart. Charlie, the gunman, later sees Fred talking to his sister, and thinking that Fred is a government spy stationed in the west to capture a band of counterfeiters, of which he is a member; he tells the rest of the gang about him. They send him a letter warning him to get out of the country. Fred pays no attention to it. They capture him and lock him in a deserted cabin, bound before the muzzle of a gun which will explode as the clock strikes twelve. Lillian hears of it, and rushes to the cabin after phoning the sheriff. Fred manages to free himself, and falls to the floor just in time to miss the bullet, which goes through the wall into the body of Lillian, who has come to lend aid Fred hastens to her and realizes that she is dead, just as he wakens to find himself bent over his typewriter where he has fallen asleep. He proceeds to pound out his story, knowing that his dream will make a plot, which he can easily finish by 12 o'clock. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Olga Printzlau (story)
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Updated Jun 11, 1915

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Jun 11, 1915 (United States)

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