The Still on Sunset Mountain (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

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The Still on Sunset Mountain (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Old man Jason Harper runs an illicit still on Sunset Mountain. He has a grown son, Bill, and a daughter, Rachel. Jack Baker, a revenue officer, posing as a moonshiner, has won the love of Rachel from her former lover, Dave Moore. Dave ...See moreOld man Jason Harper runs an illicit still on Sunset Mountain. He has a grown son, Bill, and a daughter, Rachel. Jack Baker, a revenue officer, posing as a moonshiner, has won the love of Rachel from her former lover, Dave Moore. Dave suspects Baker of being a revenue officer but can find no proof. Baker wrongs Rachel and refuses to marry her. Having secured the necessary evidence. Baker sends information to the other revenue officers by means of a carrier pigeon. They bring a posse into the mountains and destroy the still. During the raid Bill Harper is wounded and taken prisoner. Three years later Bill is in a dying condition in prison. Thirsting for revenge, Jason, Harper and Dave conspire to lure Baker into the mountains. Rachel is sent to the prison to see her brother Bill and manages to smuggle a map to him with the details of the plan that is to lure Baker into the mountains. Bill sends for Baker to come to the prison to see him, that he has a dying confession to make. Baker calls upon Bill who tells him that he is the only surviving member of a famous gang of neighborhood bandits that have terrorized the countryside several years previous and that he has $2,500 buried in a cave on Sunset Mountain. He gives Baker the map with instructions where to find the buried loot. Baker, his cupidity aroused, visits the mountains, disguised as a mountain evangelist. He is captured and exposed by Harper and Dave and dragged to the Harper cabin. Baker manages to communicate with Rachel, who still loves him, and promises to marry her if she will help him to escape. That night they hurry down the mountain trail, unaware that they are pursued by Dave. Baker, reaching a point where he believes himself safe from pursuit, brutally repudiates his promise to Rachel and makes his way toward the village alone, leaving her heartbroken with her child. Dave kills him, unknown to Rachel. Dawn finds Dave and Old Man Harper standing by a newly-made grave, Harper telling Dave, "Help me to keep the secret from her, and never let her know." Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Jack Nelson Jack Baker Jack Baker See fewer	A Fighting Heart (1924)
Clyde Tracy Bill Harper (as Mr. Tracy) Bill Harper (as Mr. Tracy) See fewer	Rumpelstiltskin (1915)
J. Barney Sherry Jason Harper Jason Harper See fewer	A Little Brother of the Rich (1919)
Harry Keenan Dave Moore (as Harry G. Keenan) Dave Moore (as Harry G. Keenan) See fewer	The Strength of Donald McKenzie (1916)
Clara Williams Rachel Harper Rachel Harper See fewer	The Criminal (1916)

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