Souls Courageous (1911)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Short
Release: 1911-02-18
Director: N/A
Writers: N/A
Language: None
Stars: Marion Leonard , Gertrude Robinson , Henry B. Walthall
Runtime: min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Souls Courageous , Souls Courageous (United States of America)
Plot: Isabel Bradford, an orphan, keeps house for her grandfather, her sisters Ina and Marie, 18 and 10 years old, respectively, and her brother Harry, aged 16. Harry and his grandfather answer the call to arms. Ina meets a wounded volunteer carrying a message to the American general that the British are preparing to attack. She undertakes to carry the message and after a trying experience reaches the American camp and the soldiers advance to meet the enemy. In the meantime the British have attacked the settlement and a pair of drunken soldiers enter the Bradford cabin and attempt to force caresses upon Isabel. Capt. Burton, a British officer, arrives and hurls them aside. Isabel's heart flutters with emotion as she thanks the dashing officer, and he in turn is smitten with her charms. Later another detachment of soldiers make an attack and Isabel barricades the heavy door and fired the guns which her tiny sister loads. A log is used as a battering ram and the door torn down. At that instant Capt. Burton arrives, and, pistol in hand, holds them at bay and upbraids them for their attack upon a woman. The American soldiers come up on the run and the British are defeated. Capt. Burton's escape being cut off, he offers his sword to Isabel in token of surrender, but she declines it. He then asks her to marry him, but she refuses because he is fighting against her flag. He will not turn against his country, so a compromise is effected by which he agrees to fight neither for nor against the American flag, and he breaks his sword across his knee, winning Isabel's hand as a civilian.
IMDB:tt0799812