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The Drudge

  • 1914
  • 21m
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Bobby Connelly and Dorothy Kelly in The Drudge (1914)
DramaShort

Because she loves him, Anna Louise, a schoolmistress, promises Dick Mason that she will wait for him, when he leaves her to go to the city and make his fortune. He has little success at firs... Read allBecause she loves him, Anna Louise, a schoolmistress, promises Dick Mason that she will wait for him, when he leaves her to go to the city and make his fortune. He has little success at first in the big city, and writes discouraging letters back home to the girl. She becomes the ... Read allBecause she loves him, Anna Louise, a schoolmistress, promises Dick Mason that she will wait for him, when he leaves her to go to the city and make his fortune. He has little success at first in the big city, and writes discouraging letters back home to the girl. She becomes the object of Thurley Briggs' affections, and becoming disheartened at Dick's failure to make ... Read all

  • Director
    • Tefft Johnson
  • Writer
    • Elaine S. Carrington
  • Stars
    • Dorothy Kelly
    • S. Rankin Drew
    • William Humphrey
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    • Director
      • Tefft Johnson
    • Writer
      • Elaine S. Carrington
    • Stars
      • Dorothy Kelly
      • S. Rankin Drew
      • William Humphrey
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    Dorothy Kelly
    Dorothy Kelly
    • Anna Louise
    S. Rankin Drew
    S. Rankin Drew
    • Dick Mason
    • (as Sidney Rankin Drew)
    William Humphrey
    William Humphrey
    • Thurley Briggs
    Bobby Connelly
    Bobby Connelly
    • Bobby Briggs
    George Stewart
    George Stewart
    • Tenny Briggs
    • Director
      • Tefft Johnson
    • Writer
      • Elaine S. Carrington
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    The ending is depressing

    An emotional drama which contains several dramatic scenes, some of which are intense. The plot is not of a very pleasant nature and carries with it a flavor of improbabilities. A young girl school teacher, a young indigent lover, her fiancé, and a rich, rascally ranch owner, also owner of an unruly young son, are the principals. The lover leaves to make his fortune and the ranchman intercepts her letters from her lover and prevails on her to marry him; hence, in time she is his drudge. The ending is depressing, however, it is a good picture, and well acted. - The Moving Picture World, March 14, 1914

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    • Release date
      • February 28, 1914 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • None
      • English
    • Production company
      • Vitagraph Company of America
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    • Runtime
      21 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Silent
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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