The Unlawful Trade

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The Unlawful Trade
Directed by	Allan Dwan
Written by	George Cooper Allan Dwan
Starring	Pauline Bush William Lloyd
Distributed by	Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Release date	May 14, 1914 (1914-05-14)
Running time	20 minutes
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

The Unlawful Trade is a 1914 American silent short drama film directed by Allan Dwan and starring Pauline Bush, William Lloyd, Murdock MacQuarrie, George Cooper, and Lon Chaney. Allan Dwan also wrote the screenplay, based on a story by George Cooper. The film is now considered lost.^[1]

Plot

A moonshiner named George Tate is a good-hearted man, even though he is a criminal. A half-breed (Chaney) murders George's father and later harasses his sister Amy. The half-breed then tells government agents of the location of the moonshiner's hideout in the wilderness, and the authorities attack the place while George, Amy and Amy's lover Neut Haigh happen to be staying there. In the heat of the gunfight, George gallantly allows Neut and Amy to escape through a secret trap door in the cabin while he stays behind to fight the officers, a gesture that costs George his life.

Cast

George Cooper as George Tate, the moonshiner
Pauline Bush as Amy Tate
William Lloyd as Tate's father
William C. Dowlan as Neut Haigh
Murdock MacQuarrie as The Revenue Man
Lon Chaney as The Half-Breed

Reception

Motion Picture News stated "Undoubtedly one of the best pictures Universal has made....The story of the moonshiners and their war on the revenue men, yet is different from the thousand or so others of this class."^[2] Moving Picture World wrote "This is another of many moonshine stories which is filled with melodrama from start to finish. Murder and assault predominate with the shadow of the law overhanging all. There is a theme of love introduced which somewhat softens the ragged edges of the plot, and the sacrifice made by the hero is somewhat redeeming."^[3]

References

^ "Silent Era: The Unlawful Trade". silentera. Retrieved June 19, 2008.
^ Blake, Michael F. (1998). "The Films of Lon Chaney". Vestal Press Inc. Page 17. ISBN 1-879511-26-6.
^ Mirsalis, Jon C. "The Unlawful Trade". Lonchaney.org. Retrieved October 4, 2020.

External links

The Unlawful Trade at IMDb

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