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  • Ashes (I) (1916)
  • Short | Comedy, Short
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Ashes (I) (1916)
Short | Comedy, Short
Ashes is the maid of all work in a second-rate boarding house that is run by a Mrs. Topin. At the time the story opens out in the gold fields of Alaska there are two pals who have at last struck it rich. One of them, Jim Shannon, dies. ...See moreAshes is the maid of all work in a second-rate boarding house that is run by a Mrs. Topin. At the time the story opens out in the gold fields of Alaska there are two pals who have at last struck it rich. One of them, Jim Shannon, dies. With his dying breath he makes his pal, Smith, promise that he will go to New York and look up a certain Ashes Shannon and give her his share of the mine. At the house where Ashes lives there is a composer, Davis. He is in love with Glory La Rue. But he is not averse to a little flirtation with Ashes. One day in the paper he sees a notice to the effect that if a certain Ashes Shannon will come to the office of a lawyer she will receive a fortune. Instead of showing it to Ashes, however, Davis tells the lawyer that he is the cousin of Ashes and would like to take the inheritance for her. The lawyer refuses to give away the money on such evidence. He writes to Smith that one applicant for the fortune has applied, but that he is doubtful as to her identity. Smith decides to go to New York himself. In the meanwhile Davis approaches Ashes and wants her to go before the lawyer and swear she, Ashes Shannon, is his cousin, but she refuses to tell a lie. When the landlady, who is in the scheme, threatens her, she leaves and gets employment in a restaurant as a dishwasher. But before this she had heard Davis and the landlady plotting as to how they are going to get the money. When Smith arrives in New York he goes to the lawyer, who tells him all the particulars about Davis and his cousin, whom he claims is the heir. While in a restaurant Smith overhears a girl by the name of Ashes getting a scolding. It is a rather uncommon name, so he asks her if she is Ashes Shannon. She says that she is, so he takes her to the lawyer's and the next day they go to the office, so that the deed of the property can be made out to her. As they are in the office the clerk announces that Ashes Shannon and her cousin are there to claim the inheritance. So Smith and Ashes go out and the others come in. They are asked questions and at last the policeman, who has been sent for, arrives and the whole crowd is arrested. Ashes is happy in her newfound fortune and friends, but rebels at the idea of going to school, as she is in love with Smith. In her naive way she tells him so and as he has grown to love her, too, there is a marriage and the two of them return to the west. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Robert F. Hill (scenario) | John McDermott (scenario)
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Updated Dec 5, 1916
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Dec 5, 1916 (United States)

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