|
[Carouge the Ghoul; or, The Adventuress]
Also known as Carouge the Ghoul; or, The Adventuress in the USA
(1913) France
B&W : Three reels
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
Société Francaise des Filmes et Cinématographes Éclair production. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was released in the USA as Carouge the Ghoul; or, The Adventuress by Union Features in December 1913.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Mrs. Mallett, the living image of her daughter, Henriette, a talented painter, leaves for Switzerland and stops at the Wolf Inn, where she is welcomed by the proprietor, Ruder, and his daughter, Louisa. In the meantime, Father Gurth, a fox hunter, is mixing some of his poisonous concoctions on a dinner plate in the kitchen. He is ordered away by the cook, who unconsciously places a pile of clean plates upon the one the hunter had been using, and the poisoned plate is given Mrs. Mallett. While at the dinner table, Mrs. Mallett drops her handbag. Louisa picks it up and admires the jewels therein. She is given one. Unknown to any of the other travelers, the eyes of Carouge sparkle with covetousness when he sees the beautiful jewelry carried by Mrs. Mallett, and when the latter retires that night her bedroom door is quietly opened and Carouge takes her jewel bag. Mrs. Mallett dies the next morning and Henriette is advised of her death. Accompanied by Pierre Dorchain, she starts for Switzerland. Dressed in masculine attire she arrives at the inn, where she meets Father Gurth mixing his poisonous baits with which to catch foxes, and he tells her how deadly it is to human beings. Later Henriette meets Louisa and learns how she was given the ring which belonged to her (Henriette’s) mother. She risks permission to spend the night in the room where her mother had died, and the next morning the innkeeper is astounded to find what would seem to be the dead person herself. In spite of all the threats, Henriette is unable to have him prove anything but his innocence. Henriette returns to Paris, where she receives commission to paint the portrait of Countess d’Attill, upon whom she recognizes a cameo as having belonged to her dead mother. Learning that the jewel was purchased at a noted Parisian antiquary, the women go there and obtain that the jewels were purchased some time ago from a man by the name of Carouge, who had established his identity. On the pretense that she, Pierre and Countess d’Attill want to buy jewelry, Henriette requests Carouge to call at her studio. Upon meeting Henriette he imagines that he sees in her the apparition of her mother and asks her pardon. Carouge escapes before the police arrive, but is finally trailed to his haunt, where he climbs to the roof, and in his struggle with Henriette they both fall over, Carouge is killed; Henriette is miraculously saved.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: (unknown) [France]; Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 9 April 2020.
References: Tarbox-Lost p. 146 : Website-IMDb.
|
