The Primal Call

The Primal Call

🎞️ Movie 17 min US
โ˜… 4.7 /10 1911

A society mother, whose creditors are becoming insistent, and wishing to keep up her ostentation, sees relief in her daughter marrying a low-charactered, pusillanimous millionaire. Hence, she persuades her daughter to accept his proposal, arguing that they must have money. The girl goes to the seashore to rest before the wedding, and there meets the mate of a tramp schooner anchored in the bay. This man appeals to her as being so different from others, a primal type of man. She indulges in that dangerous pastime of flirting with this sincere fellow and when her fiancée visits her, the seaman realizes he has been made the dupe, so he seizes the girl and is carrying her off by force. However, he suddenly reasons that she isn't worth it and recoils from her, but she now realizes that she truly loves him and begs him to take her away, so grabbing her up in one arm, and a minister who is passing by, in the other, he hustles aboard his boat, where the marriage is performed.

Cast

Wilfred Lucas
Wilfred Lucas
The Fisherman
Claire McDowell
Claire McDowell
The Woman
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Grace Henderson
The Woman's Mother
Dell Henderson
Dell Henderson
The Creditor
Joseph Graybill
Joseph Graybill
The Millionaire
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John T. Dillon
The Millionaire's Friend
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John T. Dillon
At Club
Vivian Prescott
Vivian Prescott
The Millionaire's Jilted Girlfriend
Frank Opperman
Frank Opperman
A Servant
Frank Opperman
Frank Opperman
On Ship
Florence La Badie
Florence La Badie
A Servant
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Kate Toncray
The Woman's Maid
G.W. Bitzer
G.W. Bitzer
Cinematographer