The Circular Room - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

Stuart Travers, the son of an American steel magnate, falls in love with Maida, the ward of Count Orloff. The count is the head of a league plotting the destruction of American munition plants. They hold their meetings in a secret circular...See moreStuart Travers, the son of an American steel magnate, falls in love with Maida, the ward of Count Orloff. The count is the head of a league plotting the destruction of American munition plants. They hold their meetings in a secret circular room which can be entered only by way of a secret panel. At a meeting of the league there is produced a new type of infernal machine with which they hope to destroy the Travers steel plant. A certain Von Tahn, one of the league, is also in love with Maida. He proposes and is furious when she refuses him. Maida then follows Von Tahn to the secret room and while looking for the spring to open the panel she overhears them plotting the ruin of the Travers steel works. When the plotters leave Maida hides in a closet to escape discovery. Just as Von Tahn, the last to leave, is passing the closet Maida drops something and is discovered. Von Than binds her in the circular room and sets the machine for five minutes past nine. He then leaves and overtakes his confederates. When he tells them what he has done they upbraid him and all return. Meanwhile, Maida has managed to knock the receiver off the telephone and phones Stuart to come at once. He rushes to the scene with a policeman and just succeeds in getting Maida out in time. He himself is a trifle too late and is knocked unconscious by the explosion. However, Maida finds him still alive, and as the conspirators are arrested there is no obstacle to their happiness. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less