On the Stroke of Three

On the Stroke of Three

A thrilling story of love, romance and adventure with those three popular favorites.

1924 · 70 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama

Lafayette Jordan (Davis), financier, plans to inundate Caribou Canyon and turn it into a reservoir, but the villagers will not sell him their land. Among the resentful villagers is Judson Forrest (Harlan), who wants to be an inventor. Mary Jordan (Bellamy), daughter of the financier, is hurt and spends a night at his home. Learning of his attitude toward her father, she poses as a domestic at the Jordan home. Later, in New York, Judson looks her up. He is trying to sell his invention and, to get funds, he mortgages his home. The village banker, in league with Jordan, sells the financier the mortgage, and a foreclosure threatens when Jordan's business agent Henry Mogridge (Miljan) double-crosses Judson. The youth thinks Mary working against him. Friends come to Judson's aid and he pays off the mortgage in the nick of time. He learns that Jordan knew nothing of the methods employed by his agent and that Mary loves him.

Directed by F. Harmon Weight · Written by O.E. Goebel

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Kenneth Harlan Judson Forrest
Madge Bellamy Mary Jordan
Mary Carr 'Ma' Forrest
John Miljan Henry Mogridge
Robert Dudley Jasper Saddler
Leonore Matre Lillian Haskins
Edwards Davis Lafayette Jordan
Eddie Phillips Austin Dudley
Dorothy Dahmas Emily Jordan

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