The White Terror

40min

Drama

Self-made man Emerson Boyd of Every-town owns the Boyd Mills, which uses child labor and disregards health regulations, and the Boyd Chemical Company, which manufactures harmful patent medicines. Crooked politician David Duncan, the mills's general manager, misinforms Boyd about factory conditions. After Boyd's beloved daughter postpones accepting the proposal of Matthew Brand, an unambitious rich young man, until he does something for humanity, Matthew reads an exposé of the mills by editor Clifford Cole. He buys Cole's newspaper when Boyd attempts to stifle it and supports the National Tuberculosis Society's proposal to build a sanitarium in Every-town to combat the rise of tuberculosis.

Production Companies

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America (IMP)

Cast

Hobart Henley

Hobart Henley

Matthew Brand
Frances Nelson

Frances Nelson

Eleanor Boyd
William Welsh

William Welsh

David Duncan
Howard Crampton

Howard Crampton

Emerson Boyd
Allen Holubar

Allen Holubar

Clifford Cole
Otto Hoffman

Otto Hoffman

Mayor Alrich

Release date

18th Jun 1915

Status

Released

Spoken languages