The Call to Arms
About The Call to Arms
A feudal lord shows his bride the Great Ruby of Irskaat. A cousin wants it. Called to war, the lord buries the stone and leaves his wife with his servants. The cousin sends those servants away, puts in his own, and tries wine and threats to learn the hiding place. She gets a note to a page. Gypsies delay the boy. While the lord rides back, she falls from a parapet and is killed. The cousin carries her in and cowers at the chapel altar. The lord finds her dead and goes after the cousin.
Cast & crew
More about The Call to Arms
D. W. Griffith directed it. Frank E. Woods wrote it. G. W. Bitzer photographed it. Biograph released it on 25 July 1910. It runs 17 minutes. The Moving Picture World of 30 July 1910 carried the story. Players wore medieval costume, with mounted men in armor. Henry B. Walthall and Marion Leonard lead the cast.
Themes
Look
G. W. Bitzer photographed the palace, the buried jewel, and the lord's ride back from camp.
Notes
- The Library of Congress catalog describes the armor, lances, shields, and two-handed swords.
- The ruby is called the Great Ruby of Irskaat.
- The page's delay is a drink the gypsies give him. He sleeps, then reaches the tent too late to stop the fall.
Scenes
- The lord shows his bride the ruby, and the cousin watches.
- She falls from the parapet while he is still on the road.
- The cousin is on the chapel floor when the lord comes in.
