On the Stroke of Three

On the Stroke of Three
Directed by	F. Harmon Weight
Written by	O.E. Goebel Philip Lonergan
Based on	The Man from Ashaluna by Henry Payson Dowst
Starring	Kenneth Harlan Madge Bellamy Mary Carr
Cinematography	Victor Milner Paul P. Perry
Production company	Associated Arts Corporation
Distributed by	Film Booking Offices of America
Release date	October 30, 1924 (1924-10-30)
Running time	70 minutes
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

On the Stroke of Three is a 1924 American silent drama film directed by F. Harmon Weight and starring Kenneth Harlan, Madge Bellamy, and Mary Carr. ^{[1] [2]}

Plot

As described in a review in a film magazine, ^[3] Lafayette Jordan (Davis), financier, plans to inundate Caribou Canyon and turn it into a reservoir, but the villagers will not sell him their land. Among the resentful villagers is Judson Forrest (Harlan), who wants to be an inventor. Mary Jordan (Bellamy), daughter of the financier, is hurt and spends a night at his home. Learning of his attitude toward her father, she poses as a domestic at the Jordan home. Later, in New York, Judson looks her up. He is trying to sell his invention and, to get funds, he mortgages his home. The village banker, in league with Jordan, sells the financier the mortgage, and a foreclosure threatens when Jordan's business agent Henry Mogridge (Miljan) double-crosses Judson. The youth thinks Mary working against him. Friends come to Judson's aid and he pays off the mortgage in the nick of time. He learns that Jordan knew nothing of the methods employed by his agent and that Mary loves him.

Cast

• Kenneth Harlan as Judson Forrest
• Madge Bellamy as Mary Jordan
• Mary Carr as 'Ma' Forrest
• John Miljan as Henry Mogridge
• Robert Dudley as Jasper Saddler
• Leonore Matre as Lillian Haskins
• Edwards Davis as Lafayette Jordan
• Eddie Phillips as Austin Dudley
• Dorothy Dahmas Emily Jordan

Preservation

With no prints of On the Stroke of Three located in any film archives, ^[4] it is a lost film.

References

1. Munden p. 565
2. Progressive Silent Film List: On the Stroke of Three at silentera.com
3. Sewell, Charles S. (13 December 1924). "On the Stroke of Three; Kenneth Harlan and Madge Bellamy in Good F.B.O. Box Office Picture". The Moving Picture World. 71 (7). New York City: Chalmers Publishing Co.: 626. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
4. Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database: On the Stroke of Three

Bibliography

• Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

• On the Stroke of Three at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie