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  • The Mate of the Schooner 'Sadie' (1913)
  • Short | Short, Drama
The Mate of the Schooner 'Sadie' (1913)
Short | Short, Drama

Lute Drew, mate of the schooner "Sadie," is in love with Beth Ross, daughter of John Ross, the captain. Lute is a fine-looking boy with a sweet, clean disposition. His father, also a sailor, was a man who drank heavily. Liquor crazed him ...See moreLute Drew, mate of the schooner "Sadie," is in love with Beth Ross, daughter of John Ross, the captain. Lute is a fine-looking boy with a sweet, clean disposition. His father, also a sailor, was a man who drank heavily. Liquor crazed him and while threatening to strike Lute's mother in one of his fits of passion, the father dropped dead. With the horrible future always before him, Lute consistently refuses to touch liquor. Before starting on a voyage, Lute visits Beth. There it is decided that Lute and Beth shall be married after the coming voyages, in honor of the event. Capt. Ross produces a bottle of liquor and proposes that they drink a toast to the bride-elect. The curse of Lute's father is not known to Capt. Ross and Beth. Lute is afraid to drink the toast, but rather than have his loyalty to Beth questioned, drains the glass. Leaving the house to round up the crew, Lute finds himself in torment. He tries to pass a saloon, struggles with the effect of the toast and loses. He goes into the saloon and a few drinks craze him. Going to the schooner in this condition Lute runs across Capt. Ross, grossly insults him and is promptly knocked down by the captain. Enraged, Lute plunges for Capt. Ross, but is arrested before doing any damage. On the way to the jail, Lute breaks away from the officers and after a spirited chase eludes them, jumping into the channel and swimming to the schooner, which is just working out from the docks. Lute clambers aboard without attracting attention and conceals himself in the captain's cabin. He breaks open the medicine chest and drinks a bottle of liquor he finds there. Lute waits until the schooner is at sea, then lurches from his hiding-place and attacks Capt. Ross who is at the wheel. The crew, scenting trouble, comes on Lute, and the unconscious captain. Lute escapes and runs the length of the ship and climbs out on the bowsprit. There he defies the crew to capture him. When two members of the crew start for him, he stands on the slender footing, lurching, ready for the attack. His foot slips, he falls into the sea and is drowned. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Oct 17, 1913 (United States)

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Henry King
Lute Drew Lute Drew   See fewer
Velma Whitman
Beth Ross Beth Ross   See fewer
William Ryno
Capt. John Ross (unconfirmed) Capt. John Ross (unconfirmed)   See fewer
Dolly Larkin
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