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The Remittance Man
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by [?] Gaston Méliès and/or Robert Goodman?
Cast: Frank Fernandez Jr. [Cecil Rand, the remittance man], Mildred Bracken [Helen Evans], [?] Francis Ford?
G. Méliès production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by Gaston Méliès. / Released 28 March 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [From Méliès promotional materials] Cecil Rand is allowed a monthly remittance by his brother, Earl of Essex, and sent to Western America to make a man of himself. His sporty English clothers amuse the miners and bring forth the banter of one “Buck,” a gambler, which Rand resents wuth a blow that knocks Buck out. Helen Evans takes an interest in Rand and secures him a job in her father’s mine. Buck likes Helen too, and to get even with Rand cuts the rope on which he supposes the Englishman will be lowered into the mine. But Mr. Evans coming first, is the victim, and Helen hearing of the accident promises to marry the one who shall save her father’s life. Buck rescues him and claims the bride, but the telltale knife is found and he is arrested. Rand receives news that he has inherited his brother’s title and estate, and invites Helen to share it with him. // [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Cecil Rand has been allowed a monthly remittance by his brother, the Earl of Essex, and sent to Western America to make something of himself. He registers at a rough Western hotel, where he soon has a fight with Buck, a gambler and inebriate, who made sport of his English clothes, and after “licking” Buck, leaves the hotel. Helen Evans, the pretty daughter of a miner, has witnessed the encounter, and rather falls in love with the Englishman. She hurries home and places a card reading “Room to let,” on her house. Sure enough, Rand applies for it and is taken in. Helen determines to make a westerner of him, and making him change his English riding costume for a real western outfit, secured for him a position in her father’s mine. But Buck has never forgotten his beating, and revenge is his creed. He steals unobserved to the mine, and as miner Evans is being lowered in the shaft, cuts the rope. Great confusion follows, and Helen, in her excitement, promises to marry the man who saves her father. Buck rescues him and in a few days claims his bride, and when she says she loves Rand, he accuses Rand of having cut the rope. When things look worst for Rand and Helen, Ah Ling, the local launder, brings a satisfactory solution of the mystery by identifying the knife found near the rope as that of Buck’s, which had maliciously cut off his own queue. Buck is put under arrest, and to complete Rand’s happiness, news is received that the Earl’s death has made him heir of the title and estate. And he invites Helen to share it with him.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 24 May 2024.
References: Thompson-Star p. 231 : ClasIm-226 p. 55 : Website-IMDb.
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