Tom Moore and Margaret Smith are fellow employees in a big department store. She is being pursued by one of the junior partners of the concern, who gains the hatred of Tom and they engage in a fight, from which the partner comes out second best, swearing vengeance. The boys and girls in the store arrange for a Hallowe'en party, to be given at the home of one of them. After the party, Tom sees Margaret home, and on the way pops the question. She does not give him his answer. At the store the next day, the partner notices the increased friendship between Tom and Margaret, and when Tom's back is turned, he takes from a pile of documents on his desk a check, and then circulates the report that Tom is short in his accounts. Poor Tom is railroaded to jail and although Margaret tries to write him, her letters are intercepted, and he, not hearing from her, thinks she has forgotten him. A year passes, Margaret falls heir to wealth and departs for the Metropolis. She engages in society pursuits. Five years have elapsed and Hallowe'en night comes around again. She is asked out that evening to a smart society function, where she receives proposals from a few men, all of which she declines. Tom's release bas been anticipated by his conduct, so that he is out again in the world before the five years are up. In vain he seeks work, but always as be obtains it, the sleuth hounds of the law inform his employers of his past incarceration and he loses the work. He meets an old comrade of his prison days, who informs him that it is no use for him to try and find work and that a life of crime is the only way open for him. He also shows him Margaret's apartment, which he says is empty of its owner. Tom enters the place while Margaret is away, and in going round the room with his flash-light, he encounters her photograph. He hears her carriage drive up and hides behind the curtains. She enters the room, and he, fascinated by her beauty, comes behind her. She shrieks in dismay, but as she hears his voice begging her to let him go, as this was his first attempt, she lifts the mask off his face.
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An Ill Wind was released on 29 december 1912.
An Ill Wind has a runtime of 10 m.
Tom Moore and Margaret Smith are fellow employees in a big department store. She is being pursued by one of the junior partners of the concern, who gains the hatred of Tom and they engage in a fight, from which the partner comes out second best, swearing vengeance. The boys and girls in the store arrange for a Hallowe'en party, to be given at the home of one of them. After the party, Tom sees Margaret home, and on the way pops the question. She does not give him his answer. At the store the next day, the partner notices the increased friendship between Tom and Margaret, and when Tom's back is turned, he takes from a pile of documents on his desk a check, and then circulates the report that Tom is short in his accounts. Poor Tom is railroaded to jail and although Margaret tries to write him, her letters are intercepted, and he, not hearing from her, thinks she has forgotten him. A year passes, Margaret falls heir to wealth and departs for the Metropolis. She engages in society pursuits. Five years have elapsed and Hallowe'en night comes around again. She is asked out that evening to a smart society function, where she receives proposals from a few men, all of which she declines. Tom's release bas been anticipated by his conduct, so that he is out again in the world before the five years are up. In vain he seeks work, but always as be obtains it, the sleuth hounds of the law inform his employers of his past incarceration and he loses the work. He meets an old comrade of his prison days, who informs him that it is no use for him to try and find work and that a life of crime is the only way open for him. He also shows him Margaret's apartment, which he says is empty of its owner. Tom enters the place while Margaret is away, and in going round the room with his flash-light, he encounters her photograph. He hears her carriage drive up and hides behind the curtains. She enters the room, and he, fascinated by her beauty, comes behind her. She shrieks in dismay, but as she hears his voice begging her to let him go, as this was his first attempt, she lifts the mask off his face.
An Ill Wind is a Short, Drama film.