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His Fighting Blood (1915)
Short | Short, Adventure, Romance

His Fighting Blood (1915)

Short | Short, Adventure, Romance

In the mountains and hills of Kentucky, a feud has raged for many years between the McTriggers and the Sampsons. In vain did the authorities intervene, threaten arrests and endeavor to patch up the mimic war; all these efforts were of no ...See moreIn the mountains and hills of Kentucky, a feud has raged for many years between the McTriggers and the Sampsons. In vain did the authorities intervene, threaten arrests and endeavor to patch up the mimic war; all these efforts were of no avail. Hope McTrigger is sought by many, but she declines them all. But in secret she is in love with Jim, a bright and a clever young man, but a dreamer, instead of an active participant in the neighborhood events. He is deeply in love with Hope and seeks her companionship upon every occasion. One day Jim tells Hope of his love for her. She accepts his affection and is on the point of confessing her own love for him when their scene is interrupted by the approach of Sam Buck, a rough mountaineer, who gives vent to laughter when he discovers the bashful Jim making love to Hope. Grabbing Jim roughly, he jerks him aside, so that Jim stumbles and falls. Sam then proceeds to make love to Hope in rough, mountaineer style, and, in spite of her protests, takes her in his arms. Hope slaps and scratches the rough mountaineer who finally releases her. She runs away, her face flaming with anger and her eyes darting fire at her impotent lover. Jim remains prostrate where he fell. When Hope runs away he gets to his feet and is at once pounced upon by the threatening Sam, who declares to Jim that he will kill him if he dares to make love to Hope any more. Hope, who has hidden herself in a clump of brush a short distance away, witnesses the scene and believes that Jim has been thoroughly cowed. Upon the departure of Sam, Hope returns to the scene and arraigns Jim fiercely for his cowardice. She declares she will have nothing more to do with such a coward. And Jim believes her. But no one can read the heart of a maiden. Hope still loves Jim, but she hides it from everybody. She cannot take a pride in his manliness, because he makes such a poor showing in comparison with the giant mountaineers. So, when they meet at a dance a short time after the scene with Sam Buck, she ignores Jim and smiles upon Sam. One of the participants at the dance is Chuck Sampson. Chuck is the leader of the Sampson clan at feud with the McTriggers. He comes as a spy and falls in love with Hope at first sight. He spends the evening among the dancers, asks many questions about the forces of the McTrigger clan, and prepares a plan for an assault upon the McTrigger clan by his own clan. His experience at the dance has changed the heart of Jim. His "fighting blood" has been aroused. He realizes that among the rough mountaineers he can no longer maintain an equality unless he can compete with them in their contests of skill. He discards his books and obtains possession of a revolver and a rifle. Jim is not really a coward. His heart throbs with the fierce, hot blood of the fighting McTriggers, and there is an elasticity in his step as he makes his way to the cabin where Hope lives. He has determined to seek her and to tell her that he will make of himself a man among the McTriggers. Sam makes his appearance while Jim is explaining matters to Hope. Sam attempts the same tactics which defeated Jim on the mountainside, but Jim fully aroused and fiercely angered by the big brute, assaults Sam with the fury of a wild cat and succeeds in knocking the big bully to the ground, completely defeated. Hope's eyes sparkle at this proof of the prowess of her lover, but she does not let him know her thoughts. On the contrary, she dismisses both Jim and Sam telling them never to speak to her again. A short time afterwards, Chuck Sampson appears and tells Hope's father and brothers that the Sampson clan will bury the feud against the McTriggers if Hope will marry them. Hope overhears this proposition and is terrified, but her terror is changed to joy and pride when her kinfolks angrily refuse Chuck Sampson's proposition and order him from the cabin. Chuck threatens to wipe out all of the McTriggers. His threat is no idle boast, for immediately afterwards there is a great gathering of the Sampson clan on the other side of the mountain and they prepare an armed fray against the McTriggers. Silently they descend upon the cabin where Hope lives and find her alone. She cries out for assistance and her screams of terror are heard by both Jim and Sam. Sam is in the immediate neighborhood of the cabin and when he hastens to the relief of Hope. Chuck and his clansmen engage in a pistol battle with him. Sam is wounded and is left in the trail to die. A few moments later Jim comes running along the trail. Sam explains the situation and tells Jim that the Sampsons have captured Hope and carried her up to the mountainside. Jim tells Sam to arouse the McTriggers while he will follow the raiders and try to rescue Hope. Sam succeeds in making his way to the McTriggers, where he gives the alarm. Jim follows the raiders with their fair prisoner into the Sampson stronghold. They do not know that they have been followed and there is no guard at the cabin of Chuck Sampson when Jim makes his way to a window for the purpose of spying upon the occupants. He finds Hope defending herself against the advances of Chuck. Jim bursts into the cabin and in a hand-to-hand fight avenges the abduction of his sweetheart by the death of the villain, who kidnapped her. The other members of the Sampson clan come to the rescue of their leader, but Jim barricades the door and engages in a desperate defense. In the meantime the McTrigger clan has taken up the trail and arrive in force just in time to rescue Jim and his sweetheart Hope. Hope acknowledges that Jim is her ideal lover and hero. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Tom Santschi Sam Buck Sam Buck See fewer	King of the Wild (1931)
Bessie Eyton Hope McTrigger Hope McTrigger See fewer	The Girl of Gold (1925)
Barney Furey Jim Sampson - Sam's Rival Jim Sampson - Sam's Rival See fewer	The Big Diamond Robbery (1929)
Lafe McKee Old McTrigger - Hope's Father Old McTrigger - Hope's Father See fewer	Queen of the Jungle (II) (1935)
Fernando Gálvez Actor (as Ferdinand Galvez) Actor (as Ferdinand Galvez) See fewer	The Squaw Man (1914)