The Experiment (1915)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Short
Release: 1915-02-27
Director: N/A
Writers: N/A
Language: None | English
Stars: Saul Harrison , Bessie Learn , Robert Brower , Richard Tucker
Runtime: min
Awards: N/A
AKA: The Experiment , The Experiment (United States of America)
Plot: Max Weldon, college chum of George Foster, is somewhat of an hypnotist and during his stay at the Foster home over the holidays is asked to experiment on Grace, George's sister. In full view of the family he subjugates the mind of Grace and while she is in the hypnotic state directs that at midnight she shall rise from bed, walk downstairs and get a knife from the table in the living room and carry it back to George's room. She asks to be told what Max had directed, upon being awakened, but they withhold it from her. In order that he may see his daughter actually following the directions of the hypnotist, Mr. Foster remains up. He dozes, however, and fearing that he will miss the experiment, places his hand on the knife so as to be aroused when Grace takes it. The boys await the result of the experiment upstairs with much avidity. In the interim a burglar enters the living room and in a struggle with the intruder Mr. Foster is hurt, only superficially, however, the shock rendering him unconscious. At midnight Grace wakes up and guided by her subconscious mind, puts on her kimona and slippers and proceeds downstairs. She takes the knife which has blood upon it as the result of the fracas, and returns upstairs. She gives the blood-spattered knife to Max, who immediately wakens her and shows her what she has done. Grace, of course, is puzzled. The three hasten to the room where Mr. Foster is lying unconscious in a chair beside the table. The police had been notified of the trouble at the Foster home when a central office operator became alarmed at hearing what seemed like a tussle, over the phone, which had been knocked from the table. Upon the arrival of the police it is seen that a window is open and one of the officers goes to investigate. The burglar had fallen behind a sofa, weakened from a wound received in the struggle, and he was hauled to his feet by the officers. Mr. Foster regains consciousness and identifies him as his assailant. Thus the experiment worked but not as disastrously as at first thought.
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