The Master Hand

The Master Hand

1915 · 50 min · Drama

James Rallston, facing financial hardship, marries a wealthy invalid widow with a daughter, Jean, and plots to control her fortune. He orchestrates her confinement in a sanitarium by drugging her and falsely claiming she is insane, with the help of a conniving doctor and sanitarium keeper. Fifteen years later, Rallston has lost Jean's fortune through speculation and seeks help from John Bigelow to recover it, offering Jean as a reward. Bigelow, suspicious of Rallston, discovers the truth about the widow and Jean's father, and rescues the widow from the sanitarium.

Directed by Harley Knoles · Written by Carroll Fleming

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Nat C. Goodwin John Bigelow
Theodore Babcock James Rallston
Julia Stuart Mrs. Rallston
Florence Malone Jean Rallston
Clarissa Selwynne Dr. Lane
Katherine Lee Dot
Madge Evans Jean as a Child
Kittens Reichert Child
Carroll Fleming Ed Pembroke
Alex Calvert Dr. Garside

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