The False and the True
Betty, the only daughter of Jenkins, a wealthy farmer, is secretly loved by Tom Saunders, a farm hand. Tom's scapegrace brother, Dick, returns from the city and is befriended by Tom. Dick later wins Betty's love. While Jenkins is blasting out a tree stump with dynamite, Betty and Dick are passing close by unnoticed, and the explosion destroys Betty's sight.
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Cast
4 people
Dorothy Kelly
Betty Jenkins
Also in
The Wheels of Justice
The Law Decides
James Morrison
Tom Saunders
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A Vitagraph Romance
The Nth Commandment
George Cooper
Dick Saunders
Also in
Think Fast, Mr. Moto
Flames
George Stevens
Farmer Jenkins - Betty's Father
Also in
Sonny Jim and the Amusement Company, Ltd.
Mr. Bunny in Disguise
Theodore Marston Director · Elizabeth R. Carpenter Story
United States release July 6, 1914
Production
Vitagraph Company of America
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · July 6, 1914
Theatrical
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