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Her Inspiration (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

Her Inspiration (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Striving to maintain the dignity of the old Southern home, Molly Claiborne begs her brother, Douglas, to stop dissipating. He persists, however, and steals the income check, her only means of support. Fearing that they have murdered ...See moreStriving to maintain the dignity of the old Southern home, Molly Claiborne begs her brother, Douglas, to stop dissipating. He persists, however, and steals the income check, her only means of support. Fearing that they have murdered Randolph Porter, whom they have assaulted while drunk, Douglas and his companion in dissipation, Jackson Larabee, escape to the west. They read in the papers of Jerry Mason and the fortunes he has made in Rhylote, Nevada. So they make that town their goal. In the newspaper Molly sees a picture of Jerry Mason and reads his career. He becomes her inspiration, and she feels that Douglas will make good just as he has done. Meanwhile, the mortgage on the home is foreclosed, and the old Claiborne house is sold. Molly must support herself. In Nevada. Jerry and Jackson Larabee continue their dissipation. Mining for gold means work, and that is not to their liking. Jerry Mason befriends Douglas, and offers lo take him prospecting, but Douglas sticks to the old path. He returns to the faro table and the bar. In need of funds, Douglas telegraphs Molly that he has struck it rich and needs money to strike a claim. With a firm faith in her brother, Molly sends him her sayings. Misled by Douglas's telegram, Molly believes that be will now be able to care for her and so, leaves for Rhylote. Meanwhile, in a drunken brawl, Jackson Larabee kills Douglas using an old pick handle belonging to Jerry Mason to do the deed. Molly arrives in Rhylote, and Jerry, who knows her from a photograph which Douglas carried with him, gives over his cabin to her and her old mammy, Aunt Fanny. In the short period of their acquaintance a love springs up between them and Jerry's kindness to her makes her love grow daily. Jerry has struck it rich again, and goes to San Francisco to have his specimens assayed. Meanwhile, the fatal pick handle bearing his name bus cast suspicion of the murder upon him. To shield himself, Jackson Larabee organizes a lynching party. On his return, Jerry is surrounded, and the party prepares for the lynching. Molly, informed of this, is overwrought by the thought that Jerry is her brother's murderer. But Nell, a barroom maid, the only one who has seen the murder committed, tells her the truth and Molly returns to the scene of the banging just in time to save from an unjust fate. Larabee receives his just due, and Molly falls into the arms of Jerry, to be protected by him forever. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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10 cast members

Name	Known for
Grace Williams Mollie Claiborne Mollie Claiborne See fewer	The Truth About Helen (1915)
Yale Benner Douglas Claiborne Douglas Claiborne See fewer	Vanity Fair (1915)
Curtis Cooksey Jerry Mason Jerry Mason See fewer	Scaramouche (1952)
James Harris Jackson Laramee Jackson Laramee See fewer	The Barker (1917)
Jessie Stevens Aunt Fanny Aunt Fanny See fewer	Vanity Fair (1915)
Mabel Dwight Kate Kate See fewer	Builders of Castles (1917)
Rolinda Bainbridge Nell Nell See fewer	The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga (1911)
Harry Linson Randolph Porter Randolph Porter See fewer	The Gates of Eden (1916)
Grace Morrissey Mary Porter Mary Porter See fewer	Santa Claus vs. Cupid (1915)
Louis B. Foley Sheriff Barton Sheriff Barton See fewer	Finger Prints (1922)