The Play's the Thing - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

Clifton Boyle, leading man of a disbanded theatrical company, returns home to find his sister dying. She tells him that she had married Harold Welles, a member of the profession and that he deserted her when her baby died. Boyle swears ...See moreClifton Boyle, leading man of a disbanded theatrical company, returns home to find his sister dying. She tells him that she had married Harold Welles, a member of the profession and that he deserted her when her baby died. Boyle swears vengeance as he buries his sister. Later Boyle is the leading man of a company presenting "Count of Monte Cristo," with Harold Welles playing Danglars to his Edmund Dantes. Boyle asks Welles if he knew his sister, but Welles denies being the man. Welles returns to his room and destroys a letter and picture, which is all the evidence he has that would prove he was married to Boyle's sister. He throws the torn letter and picture out of the window. The pieces fall into the hands of Boyle. Being sure of his man now, Boyle kills Welles in the duel scene, but owing to his pretended sorrow over the accident, is exonerated by the Coroner's jury. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less