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  • When Life Fades (1913)
  • Short | 20 min | Short, Drama
When Life Fades (1913)
Short | 20 min | Short, Drama
The Southern army endeavors to carry out carefully planned maneuvers and meets with crashing defeat each time, showing that the enemy has had advance information of the movements. The spy, securing the information is Lieut. Lamar, who is ...See moreThe Southern army endeavors to carry out carefully planned maneuvers and meets with crashing defeat each time, showing that the enemy has had advance information of the movements. The spy, securing the information is Lieut. Lamar, who is on the staff of the Southern provost marshal. A Confederate secret service man comes upon the ground and tries to discover who the traitor is. Lamar has won the love of Virginia, the provost marshal's daughter, and is not suspected. The messenger whom he has been using is caught and is sentenced to be shot as a spy, and asks for a priest. An officer puts on a priest's cassock and goes to the doomed man, hoping to secure a confession. The bogus priest is discovered, however, and the spy suddenly leaps upon him and throttles him and, hastily donning the priest's disguise, makes his escape. Virginia innocently writes a note to Lamar telling him of the plan and he is panic-stricken, thinking he will be found out. He rushes to Virginia and believing she has already heard his true character, he tells her everything. She is horror-stricken, but promises to save him. As he is attempting to leave by a window the squad chasing the escaped spy sees him and believing him to be the man they are after, open fire, killing him. The soldiers are grief-stricken when they discover they have shot the wrong man, and Lamar is buried with military honors, as Virginia, on account of her love for him, remains silent and does not wish to stain the dead man's name with the odious name of traitor. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Francis Ford
Writer
Richard V. Spencer (scenario)
Producer
Thomas H. Ince
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Updated Feb 5, 1913
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Feb 5, 1913 (United States)

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