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Through Solid Walls (1916)
Short | 25 min | Short, Drama

Through Solid Walls (1916)

Short | 25 min | Short, Drama

James Wheelock, eccentric but wealthy, has in his household his niece, Elsie, and the butler, Parsons, who has been in his employ a long time. Dick, an electrical genius, is in love with Elsie. Dick has a wonderful invention, a machine ...See moreJames Wheelock, eccentric but wealthy, has in his household his niece, Elsie, and the butler, Parsons, who has been in his employ a long time. Dick, an electrical genius, is in love with Elsie. Dick has a wonderful invention, a machine that will permit the operator to see through opaque substances. Wheelock, upon seeing the invention, at first is not very enthusiastic over it, but on looking through the lens at the house across the way he seems to see something that interests him. The next day Therese is found on their doorstep in a sorry plight, hungry, ragged and ill. Wheelock takes her in, and ere long she apparently has the run of the household and eventually succeeds in having Parsons discharged. Elsie dislikes the woman extremely, especially when she finds her making love to Dick. A new butler, a friend of Therese's, is engaged, Cummings by name. Then, one day, a beautiful diamond belonging to Wheelock is missing. Elsie accuses Therese, and the latter discovered someone in the yard. Cummings brings him into the house; it is discovered to be Dick. Elsie will not believe that her lover is the thief, and Dick is astounded when Wheelock tells him to go home and go to bed; he thinks the old man crazy. The next morning Cummings says he is ill and Wheelock sends for the ambulance. As the man is being taken from the house Therese gives him a small box, supposedly his medicine, but in reality the diamond. Then comes a surprise; the man being carried out is Parsons. The ambulance attendants and policeman and Therese and her partner in crime are arrested. To Elsie Wheelock presents the diamond and discloses that when he looked through Dick's invention that he saw Therese and Cummings plotting in the house across the way; that he retained Parsons, unknown to the others, and let Therese and Cummings "hang themselves" with their own rope. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Mark Fenton James Wheelock (as Marc Fenton) James Wheelock (as Marc Fenton) See fewer	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
Peggy Custer Elsie - Wheelock's Niece Elsie - Wheelock's Niece See fewer	The Lair of the Wolf (1917)
Thomas Jefferson Parsons - Wheelock's Butler Parsons - Wheelock's Butler See fewer	Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Jay Belasco Dick Dick See fewer	The Phantom Island (1916)
Irene Hunt Therese Therese See fewer	Oliver Twist, Jr. (1921)
Lew Short Cummings (as Lou Short) Cummings (as Lou Short) See fewer	The Heart of Maryland (1927)