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Caleb West (1912)
Short | Adventure, Drama, Short

Caleb West (1912)

Short | Adventure, Drama, Short

Part One. Henry Sanford, a civil engineer, has a contract to build a lighthouse at Keyport. He employs the services of Captain Joe Bell and his well-trained sailors, and of Caleb West, the master diver. Caleb has a young wife who, when ...See morePart One. Henry Sanford, a civil engineer, has a contract to build a lighthouse at Keyport. He employs the services of Captain Joe Bell and his well-trained sailors, and of Caleb West, the master diver. Caleb has a young wife who, when left alone while Caleb is at sea, finds her life monotonous and lonesome. Bill Lacey, a handsome young seaman at work at the ledge, has his eyes on Betty, and constantly makes overtures to her, which at first she repulses. An accident to the boiler of the sloop employed in the work cripples several of the men, and Lacey is badly wounded. Betty, with the other women in the port, is summoned as nurse, and Lacey becomes her charge. Lacey makes the best of his opportunity and plays upon her sympathy. Pity for the suffering man and the unaccustomed position of responsibility awakened new feeling in Betty, and when Lacey is again well, she finds her old position in the humble cabin intolerable. A note from Caleb saying that the work at the lighthouse would keep him away from home some time longer, decides her and she goes away with Lacey. Caleb, returning from his work, finds her gone, and reads her note of explanation. Part Two. Betty grasped at the idea of elopement with Lacey as a means to get away from her lonesome life at the ledge. Arriving in the city, she becomes frightened at Lacey's ardent love-making, and when in his madness he uses force, she rushes away from him. She goes to Sanford as her only refuge. Sanford, at first bitter against her, softens as he hears her story and he takes her to the home of a friend of his, Kate Leroy, who gives her refuge for the night. A telegram brings Captain Jo on the scene. He gladly forgives Betty and takes her home. Caleb forgives his wife, but thinking that she will never be happy with him, refuses to take her back. He is lonesome without her, and she equally unhappy lives her own life at Captain Jo's. She takes a position in a store, so as not to be dependent on Captain Jo. In returning home from work one evening at dusk, she is accosted and insulted by Lacey. In her terror she screams and Caleb, who has made it a habit to follow her himself unseen, rushes up and falls upon her assailant, while she runs home. Caleb begins to feel that Betty really needs him, and decides to take her back. He goes to Captain Jo and tells him that he has come for Betty. The Captain, overjoyed, brings the penitent young wife in to her forgiving husband and leaves them in the happiness of their reunion. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Edward P. Sullivan Caleb West (as E.P. Sullivan) Caleb West (as E.P. Sullivan) See fewer	Evangeline (1914)
Gertrude Robinson Betty - Mrs. Caleb West Betty - Mrs. Caleb West See fewer	The Feud and the Turkey (1908)
Irving Cummings Bill Lacey Bill Lacey See fewer	Curly Top (1935)

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