''Saved from the Torrents'' is a 1911 silent

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film short produced by the

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and released by the

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. It was released in split-reel format with another Essanay film '' Live, Love and Believe''.

Plot

Jack Carrington is a listless young man prone to the vices of gambling and drink, and is unshaken by Katie, his sister's, pleas. He has fallen into bad company and runs away from home and takes up residence in the next town over, where he gets into trouble. Katie is the object of affection by Arthur Chester, a station agent, who informs her that her brother is evading the police and will be taking the express train back home. Katie bars Chester from the station office so that he can't deliver news that would lead to Jack's arrest. Unfortunately, the train that Jack is on is hurtling towards a trestle that is in danger of being swept away by the Chippewa River. Becoming aware of her brother's danger, Katie and her lover rush to stop the train before it plummets into the river. They race to the scene on a hand car, where they cross over the trestle and stop the train safely, where just moments later, the trestle falls into the river. Jack spends a short while in jail and becomes reformed, and Katie and Chester are married.

Cast

* Francis X. Bushman - Arthur Chester *

Dorothy Phillips Dorothy Phillips (born Dorothy Gwendolyn Strible, October 30, 1889 – March 1, 1980) was an American stage and film actress. She is known for her emotional performances in melodramas, having played a number of "brow beaten" women on screen, bu ...

- Katie Carrington *

Bryant Washburn Franklin Bryant Washburn III (April 28, 1889 – April 30, 1963) was an American actor who appeared in more than 370 films between 1911 and 1947. Washburn's parents were Franklin Bryant Washburn II and Metha Catherine Johnson Washburn. He attend ...

- Jack Carrington, Katie's Brother

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Saved from the Torrents at IMDb.com
1911 films Silent American drama short films Essanay Studios films 1911 short films 1910s American films 1911 drama films {{Short-silent-film-stub

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