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His Fatal Shot
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Wray Physioc (Wray Bartlett Physioc)
Cast: Ivan Christy [Bartlett], Herbert Barrington [Hillman], Frank Bates [Hillman’s physician], Mary Malatesta [Bartlett’s sweetheart], Walter Coyle (Walter V. Coyle) [Bartlett’s sweetheart’s father], Joseph McDermott [Bartlett’s sweetheart’s brother]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Disdained by the woman he loves because he uses drugs, Hillman seeks forgetfulness in the country. His physician accompanies him. Chance brings to the same locality Bartlett, his former rival for the woman’s affections, who finds solace in the love of his landlord’s simple, sweet daughter. Hillman escapes the doctor’s watchfulness, and taking his gun, goes hunting. The doctor finds a note indicating that he will commit suicide, and rushes out in search of him. Bartlett and his sweetheart’s brother also go hunting, each in his own direction. Bartlett hears a shot and finds Hillman dead by his own hand. The girl’s brother comes upon him bending over the body, and believing him a murderer, so informs the sheriff. Bartlett is arrested, despite his protestations of innocence. He has been locked up for some hours when the doctor arrives at the sheriff’s office, bearing the suicide note and Hillman’s gun, which he had picked up on finding the body, just before Bartlett reached the scene. He had lost his way and wandered in search of the sheriff.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 6 January 2025.
References: Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.
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