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The Race (1912)
Short | Drama, Romance, Short

The Race (1912)

Short | Drama, Romance, Short

A young inventor designed a new type of motorboat which he was convinced would break world records. He showed his plans to a builder who promised to look them over. The next day the papers were returned to the boy with a short message that...See moreA young inventor designed a new type of motorboat which he was convinced would break world records. He showed his plans to a builder who promised to look them over. The next day the papers were returned to the boy with a short message that they were impractical. His hopes blasted, the inventor gave up in despair. Later, (through the shrewdness of his fiancée), he found that his designs had been stolen by the man to whom he had submitted them. He was unable to prove it, and anyway, as the other man said, the innovation had been patented and the young inventor was out of it. Determined to have revenge the young man set to work to design another motorboat which would far excel his original model. He was successful, and induced the owner of a shipyard to finance the venture. The new boat was completed in time to participate in the international races and the inventor realized that to win this contest meant everything to him. His backer had promised that if victory was scored he would supply ample funds and was certain that they would both make their fortunes. On the day of the race, the inventor was making his boat ready, when the man who had robbed him appeared. This person had found that the new boat was a certain winner, and he tried to bribe the inventor to lose the race, but the young man indignantly refused. There, was a quarrel and a fight with the final result that the boy was felled to the ground unconscious and with a broken arm. There he lay until after the time for the race to start and when he painfully dragged himself to the waterfront. Surprised, he watched the race, and was overjoyed, yet perplexed to see that his boat was far ahead. It won with ease, amid the applause of a crowd of excited spectators, and then slowly approached the landing place, where the steersman, his face concealed by the disfiguring "racing rig," alighted and approached him. Then the disguise was thrown off, and the inventor recognized the woman he loved. "I was standing in the crowd," she explained, "and I saw the other boats move from the starting line, but yours was not among them. I ran down to the landing, and your mechanic told me you had gone away, and he didn't know where you were. There was no time to make a search, or to hunt up someone to take your place. Your instruction came in handy, and I was sure that in an emergency I could run the boat better than any other person than you, for I know all about it. The results show I was right, didn't it?" And the inventor clasped the girl in his unbroken arm, for he realized that he owed, not only love and happiness, but victory and assured fortune to her. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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William Garwood The Young Inventor The Young Inventor See fewer	Ruy Blas (1914)
Florence La Badie The Inventor's Sweetheart The Inventor's Sweetheart See fewer	The Million Dollar Mystery (1914)
Jean Darnell The Inventor's Mother The Inventor's Mother See fewer	Jess (1912)