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Poison (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

Poison (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Produced in co-operation with "The Ladies' World," and Professor Lewis B. Allyn, of Westfield, Mass. Jack Webb, son of a manufacturer of adulterated foods, enters his father's business. The conditions obtaining in the factory fill the boy ...See moreProduced in co-operation with "The Ladies' World," and Professor Lewis B. Allyn, of Westfield, Mass. Jack Webb, son of a manufacturer of adulterated foods, enters his father's business. The conditions obtaining in the factory fill the boy with horror. From Mary Hart one of the employees, Jack learns that the workers are underpaid. Later, Mary's mother becomes seriously ill following a meal in which Webb products figure. A representative of the Ladies' World informs Jack of the great work being conducted by Professor Lewis B. Allyn. of Westfield, Mass. The young man visits Westfield and obtains a mass of facts from the great champion in the fight against adulterated foods. Armed with these facts, Jack confronts his father. The latter laughs at his son as an impractical theorist and boasts of his ability to buy a place for his products in the Westfield Book of Pure Foods. Webb visits Professor Allyn and attempts to bribe the latter into endorsing his products. Allyn destroys the check, informs Webb that his foods will be endorsed without cost when they come up to the Westfield standard, and orders the man from his office. Disgruntled, the manufacturer returns home. In the Webb mansion, the manufacturer's six-year-old daughter breaks into the jam closet and partakes of some of her father's coal-tar-dyed jam. Two hours later, Webb sends for a doctor. Only emergency methods save his daughter's life. The crisis is barely past when the man receives word that his factory is burning down. But a light has dawned upon Webb and the news has no effect upon him. Realizing the menace which lies in products such as his, Webb announces his intention of erecting a factory where foods of the highest quality only shall be manufactured. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Robert Ellis Willis Webb Willis Webb See fewer	The Tiger's Trail (1919)
Tom Moore Jack Webb - the Son Jack Webb - the Son See fewer	On Thin Ice (1925)
Marguerite Courtot Molly - Jack's Sweetheart Molly - Jack's Sweetheart See fewer	The Swamp Fox (1914)
Ella Weiant Evelyn Webb - Wallis' six-year-old Daughter Evelyn Webb - Wallis' six-year-old Daughter See fewer	The Seventh Commandment (1915)
Margaret Prussing Mary Hart - a Plant Worker Mary Hart - a Plant Worker See fewer	The Mystery of Edwin Drood (1914)
Gardner Wood Gardner Wood Gardner Wood See fewer	Poison (1915)
Lewis B. Allyn Lewis B. Allyn (as Professor Lewis B. Allyn) Lewis B. Allyn (as Professor Lewis B. Allyn) See fewer	Poison (1915)