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Toko was counting the gold in the claws of the avaricious father of Peter San when that young lady came running into the room where these two men were sitting, In answer to her father's ... See full summary
Toko was counting the gold in the claws of the avaricious father of Peter San when that young lady came running into the room where these two men were sitting, In answer to her father's call, she noticed the marriage contract on the table, and wondered if her father could be selling her. She snatched the document and tore it into shreds. The father handed Toko a whip with which to beat Peter San, and would have done so if it were not for the appearance of Frank Grant, who had watched the proceedings from the outside. Frank applied the whip plentifully to both men and then took Peter San to the home of his fiancée, Alice, where she was employed as a maid, Peter San tried to make love to Frank, but could not succeed and at length resolved to kill Alice. Frank and Alice were strolling arm in arm in the garden and saw neither Peter San creeping behind with a dagger in her hand nor Toko and the father behind the wall, intent upon killing Frank. Peter San saw it all, however, and as Toko ...

Edison Company production number 7332.

Edison Company code for exhibitors: Vrijvrouw.

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    • Author: Balhala
    This offering stands in its grace and the prettiness of its backgrounds rather than on its dramatic strength; for the story is commonplace. The producer was fortunate in being able to get a great deal of Japanese material in his backgrounds and has made a delicately exotic picture. The almond-eyed maid is played by Mary Fuller with a good deal of grace, but little fire. Richard Tucker, a white man saves her from slavery and his fiancée, Gertrude McCoy, takes her into her employ as a maid. The Japanese girl is in love with her protector and jealous of his fiancée. But when she sees some of her own people about to murder the man, she forgets her desire for revenge to save his life, getting (as usual in such stories) the knife in her own breast. The photography is very fair. - The Moving Picture World, June 14, 1913
  • Cast overview:
    Richard Tucker Richard Tucker - Frank Grant - the American
    Mary Fuller Mary Fuller - Pette San
    Bigelow Cooper Bigelow Cooper - Toko
    Gertrude McCoy Gertrude McCoy - Alice - Grant's Fiancée
    Julian Reed Julian Reed - Pette San's Father
    Harry B. Eytinge Harry B. Eytinge - Alice's Father (as Harry Eytinge)
    Margery Bonney Erskine Margery Bonney Erskine - Alice's Mother (as Mrs. Wallace Erskine)
    Elsie MacLeod Elsie MacLeod - Alice's Sister (as Elsie McLeod)
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