Volume II: Filmography

WHEN FATE REBELLED

(Princess)

January 1, 1915 (Friday)

Length: 1 reel (1,030 feet)

Character: Comedy-drama

Director: Jack Harvey

Scenario: Jack Harvey (his first script) with John William Kellette

Cast: Boyd Marshall (John Reynolds), Muriel Ostriche (Alice Roland), Frank Wood (George Rawlings), Madeline and Marion Fairbanks

Notes: 1. This film was originally scheduled for release on December 18, 1914, then rescheduled to December 25, 1914, then actually released on January 1, 1915. Various publications, The New York Dramatic Mirror for example, printed the original schedule without revision. 2. In an article about John William Kellette, in The Moving Picture World, February 12, 1916, a number of films for which Kellette wrote the scenarios are listed. When May Rebelled is among them. The author assumes that "May" was a typographical error, and that "Fate" was intended; otherwise, this script may have been written by Jack Harvey alone, without the involvement of Kellette.

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, December 26, 1914:

"Alice Roland is deeply in love with John Reynolds, cashier for a large firm, and on one occasion she accompanies him on one of his trips into the country to pay off employees. It happens that on this particular day the bag containing the pay budget is stolen from the automobile, and Reynolds suspects Alice of the theft. On reporting the loss, the young cashier is discharged. Alice, determined to clear her lover's name and to prove to him how he has misjudged her, has her suspicions diverted to a certain George Rawlings, a rival for her love whom she finds is by no means well disposed toward Reynolds. She succeeds in discovering that Rawlings is the head of a band of crooks, and, tracing him to their headquarters, she finds and recovers there the lost bag of money. The taxicab in which she is making her escape, however, is overtaken by the gang. Only the timely arrival of Reynolds and the police save Alice. The thieves and Rawlings are arrested, the money returned to the firm, and the girl's heroism is amply rewarded by her penitent lover's redoubled devotion."

REVIEW, The Morning Telegraph, December 27, 1914:

"To save her lover who had been charged for stealing the bank's funds and to show him how he has misjudged her in thinking her guilty, Alice tracks the real criminals to earth, recovers the money, and is rewarded by the penitent's redoubled devotion."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, January 16, 1915:

"A great deal that is interesting will be found in this film, with Muriel Ostriche, Marshall Boyd, and Frank Wood handling the main characters. The story treats of how a young woman taking a trip with her lover, who is paymaster of a large manufacturing concern, when he goes to pay the workmen, through a scheming of a rival, bears the reflection of the theft. Afterward rescues the satchel with the money, which incident allows for several thrilling scenes."

REVIEW, The New York Dramatic Mirror, January 6, 1915:

"By no means an unusual melodrama; but one that profits by a few scenes which may be considered exciting. Of two admirers, Alice prefers Reynolds, thereby incurring the enmity of Rawlings, the other suitor, who by profession is the leader of a band of crooks. Alice is in the automobile with Reynolds when the money he is carrying for payroll is stolen. He accuses his companion, and it remains for her to trace the theft to Rawlings and his gang. Before the thieves are captured there is an automobile chase accompanied by much shooting. Muriel Ostriche makes an attractive heroine, and she is given adequate support by Boyd Marshall and Frank Wood."

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