Passing the Love of Woman - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

"Nifty" Smith and "Killer" Joe are pals. Both are gunmen. "Nifty's" sweetheart is Annie. She has extracted a promise from him that he will never shoot a man again. Big Bill Rosen also loves Annie and jealousy prompts him to "get" Nifty. He...See more"Nifty" Smith and "Killer" Joe are pals. Both are gunmen. "Nifty's" sweetheart is Annie. She has extracted a promise from him that he will never shoot a man again. Big Bill Rosen also loves Annie and jealousy prompts him to "get" Nifty. He promises to deliver the gunman to the police. He makes the killer an offer of a thousand dollars to shoot Reed in a certain alley that night. With a thousand dollars Nifty can marry Annie and start fair. He accepts and Rosen notifies the police. Despite the pleadings of his friend and sweetheart Nifty starts out. The police trap is laid. Only a miracle can save him. But the miracle is already worked in the heart of his friend, whose love passeth that of woman. For "Killer" Joe has but two loves, the one for Nifty and the other for Annie. But she does not know it and her heart belongs to Nifty. So Joe takes Nifty's place and goes to prison for five years. Nifty and Annie go west. Their child is born and the five years pass. Joe comes out of prison and follows them. Still bent on vengeance. Rosen shadows him to Nifty's home. The latter sees the man who would have ruined him and would shoot Bat Joe takes the gun and does battle with Rosen. Both are killed. Dying, Joe tells Nifty and Annie of his love for each, the pearl in the shell in the slimy mud of the river bottom. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less