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On the Level is a american film of genre Western directed by George Melford released in USA on 10 september 1917 with Fannie Ward

On the Level (1917)

On the Level
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Released in USA 10 september 1917
Length 50minutes
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres Western

On the Level is a 1917 American silent Western film directed by George Melford and written by Marion Fairfax and Charles Kenyon. The film stars Fannie Ward, Jack Dean, Harrison Ford, Lottie Pickford, James Cruze, and Jim Mason. The film was released on September 10, 1917, by Paramount Pictures.

Synopsis

As described in a film magazine, Merlin (Ward), the only daughter of a sheep rancher, is kidnapped by Sontag (Dean), who shoots her father and drives off the sheep. She is compelled to dance nightly in Sontag's saloon where she is known as Mexicali Mae. There she meets Joe Blanchard (Ford), a derelict from the east who plays the piano in order to secure enough dope to satisfy his craving. Sontag, fearing that one of his confederates has double crossed him and told about his opium smuggling operations, kills the man and places the blame on Joe. Merlin helps Joe escape, and they take up a ranch where Joe finally overcomes his desire for drugs. Joe's mother (Chapman) and fiancee (Pickford) pay a visit and Mrs. Chapman tries to buy off Merlin and have Joe return east. Merlin returns to Sontag's dance hall, and Joe follows, convinced that she no longer loves him. Merlin returns to the ranch and is about to end her own life when Joe and Sontag arrive. In the tussle that follows, Sontag is killed and Joe realizes that Merlin really loves him.

Actors

Fannie Ward

(Merlin Warner, aka Mexicali May)Harrison Ford

(Joe Blanchard)Lottie Pickford

(Eleanore Duke)James Cruze

(Ozmun)James Neill

(Warner)
And :
Jim Mason
Edythe Chapman
Jane Wolfe
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