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In the House of the Chief (1916)
Short | Short, Crime, Drama

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In the House of the Chief (1916)

Short | Short, Crime, Drama

Mme. Le Blanc, a crook and "fence," lives with her daughter, Marie, and mourns the disappearance of her son, Maurice. Five years later, profiting by her ill-gotten gains, Madame has moved up to the fashionable part of the city where she ...See moreMme. Le Blanc, a crook and "fence," lives with her daughter, Marie, and mourns the disappearance of her son, Maurice. Five years later, profiting by her ill-gotten gains, Madame has moved up to the fashionable part of the city where she resides and conducts a fashionable jewelry store, as a shield for her crooked operations. Caspar Fiedler, engaged by Madame as a clerk, falls in love with her daughter, Marie, and this love is requited. Detectives discover Madame's criminality, and they inform her that unless she works with the police department, they will place her in prison. Caspar tells Marie that his parents are wealthy residents of Switzerland; that some years ago his brother embezzled money, and that as this brother was the father's favorite, he, Caspar, took all the blame for the crime, left Switzerland and took up his home in the United States. In the meantime, the detective bureau is connected with Madame's store by means of electric wires, and Madame is ordered to push a certain button every time a thief enters her establishment, when the alarm will sound in police headquarters. She follows orders only to find that she has sounded the alarm when her only son comes to her store with loot. In order to save him, she fastens the guilt upon Caspar Fiedler, because she has found that Caspar loves Marie. After serving a prison term, Caspar is released, and is promoted through political influence to Lieutenant of Police. He meets his parents, who arrive from Switzerland, and who tell him that his brother repaid the money, and confessed his guilt. The Madame plays false with the detectives and is arrested. At the station she confronts Caspar Fiedler. He informs her that if she will confess that he, Caspar, was innocent of the charges she had once made against him, that she will be released. She does so, and Caspar then goes in search of the girl he loves. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Eugenie Besserer Mme. Le Blanc Mme. Le Blanc See fewer	The Jazz Singer (1927)
Vivian Reed Marie Le Blanc Marie Le Blanc See fewer	The Eternal Feminine (1915)
Charles West Carpar Fiedler Carpar Fiedler See fewer	The Road to Yesterday (1925)
Sidney Smith Maurice Le Blanc Maurice Le Blanc See fewer	The Ne'er Do Well (1915)
Al W. Filson Mr. Fiedler Mr. Fiedler See fewer	Monte Cristo (1922)