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The Lure of the Road
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Edward LeSaint
Cast: Guy Oliver [Jacques], Stella Razetto [Louise], Utahna La Reno [Marie, Louise’s sister], Al W. Filson [Pierre, Louise’s father], Baby Lillian Wade [Suzanne, the daughter of Jacques and Louise]
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig. Scenario by Hettie Gray Baker (Hettie Grey Baker). / Released 19 December 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Jacques is a merry, good-looking vagabond of southern Italy, who wanders from hamlet to hamlet, charming the villagers with his voice, which attunes well with his guitar. The lure of the road is his dominant passion, until a day comes when he meets Louise, the daughter of Pierre, the vineyardist, and love dulls the desire of wanderlust. For a time the heart holds and he marries the lovely Louise. However, the quiet life of the vineyardist soon grows irksome to the mettlesome, careless traveler. The open road resumes its call insistently. Chafing under some fancied slight from Louise, Jacques picks up his guitar, and is soon lost in the mists of the morning. Gentle Louise mourns his absence, and after a time Jacques, too, finds that life is not the same for one who has loved and been loved. He joins a caravan of gypsies, and in their company roves onward; travels with them whither he knows not nor cares. In the interim of his absence the old vineyardist dies. His daughter, Louise, takes up the management of the place abandoned by her father, and one afternoon, when preparing to pay off her workers, two desperadoes attack and attempt to rob her. She retreats into the house with her little daughter, Suzanne, and puts up a desperate defense. At this moment the gypsy caravan comes over the hill, and the leader, spying out the land through his glass for a camping site, observes the fight and calls Jacques’ attention to it. Suddenly he recognizes the location and realizes that the trouble is at his own house. He and the gypsy leader rush swiftly and valiantly to the rescue and arrive just in time. Again holding Louise in his arms, he realizes that she is more a necessity than ever for his success in life. Then he resigns the road and stays at home, where his heart is.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Keywords: Gypsies
Listing updated: 13 December 2024.
References: Lahue-Selig p. 160 : Website-IMDb.
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