The New South
Released: December 11, 1916Runtime: 50 min
Northerner Captain Ford, U.S.A., is sent down south to trail a gang of moonshiners. Jefferson Gwynne, hot-headed young southerner, believes Ford is an abolitionist and takes an instant dislike to him. Jeff’s sister Georgia is attracted to Ford, especially after her saves her in a runaway accident, much to the chagrin of her cousin Paul Fitzhugh who is in love with her. Jefferson accuses Ford of fomenting political unrest among the blacks and attacks him with Ford’s sword. Ford fends him off but when Jeff is wounded the captain goes for help rabble rouser Sampson steals up and murders Jeff observed by Paul, who remains silent. Ford is jailed for the murder but after many travails is finally cleared and reunited with Georgia.
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John Tansey
as Harry Ford, as a boy
Carlyle Blackwell
as Harry Ford, as an adult
Herbert Barrington
as Gen. Gwynne
Stanhope Wheatcroft
as Paul Fitzhugh
Herbert Delmar
as Dr. Tom Lincoln
Henry West
as Sampson
Louis R Grisel
as Moses
William Sherwood
as Jefferson
Madge Evans
as Georgia Gwynne, as a girl
Ethel Clayton
as Georgia Gwynne, as an adult
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