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The Forest Vampires
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Walter Edwards
Cast: Clara Williams [Marie Duval], J. Barney Sherry [Pierre Duval], Walter Edwards [Armand Pauvre]
[?] New York Motion Picture Company, Incorporated, or New York Motion Picture Corporation? production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation [Domino]. / Scenario by F.M. Dazey (Frank Mitchell Dazey), from a screen story by [?] William H. Clifford and/or Stewart Edward White? Production supervision by Thomas H. Ince. / Released 14 May 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Pierre Duval, leader of the Forest Vampires, a band of robbers, with his confederates, holds up and robs a lady and two gentlemen of the Royal Coach. Armand Pauvre, a detective, disguised as a musician, goes to the Tavern de Lion to watch the Landlord, Pierre Duval, as it is suspicioned by the chief of police that he is in league with the Forest Vampires. Pierre Duval’s daughter, Marie, falls in love with Armand, He determines to use her love as a means of discovering the secrets of the robbers, and writes a letter to the chief of police to that effect. Pierre Duval, finding the letter, becomes suspicious of Armand and calls the band together. They capture Armand and take him to their cave. Marie, hearing the noise, rushes to the office of the magistrate and tells him what has happened. The magistrate and soldiers go to the cave to save Armand, and there, to Marie’s surprise, is her father. She tells him that she loves Armand and that it was she who sent the officers. Pierre Duval shows Marie the note, where Armand tells the chief of police that he is only using her. As Armand comes out of the cave Marie shoots him. Then he learns that it is she who has saved him from the hands of the Vampires; he pleads with her to come to him, but she refuses.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 15 December 2024.
References: Website-IMDb.
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