- Nicknamed "Wild Olive," Miriam Strange learns that her mother was an Indian, she moves to a hut near an Allegheny lumber camp. Norrie Ford, fresh from college, visits his uncle, the bullying boss of the camp, and meets Miriam. After his uncle is murdered with a knife found hidden under Norrie's mattress, Norrie is sentenced to die. He escapes a guard and, after staying a night in Miriam's hut, leaves for Buenos Aires with her letter of introduction for employment. Although he vowed to marry her, after his letters to "Wild Olive" return undelivered, Norrie, sporting a beard and an assumed name, becomes engaged to Evie Wayne, Miriam's stepsister. When Norrie is sent to be his firm's New York manager, he meets Miriam again. She sacrifices her love and agrees to marry lawyer Charles Conquest, if he will prove Norrie's innocence. After Evie learns about Norrie's past and breaks the engagement, the murderer makes a deathbed confession. Conquest releases Miriam when he sees that she loves Norrie.—Pamela Short
- On the circumstantial evidence of the bloody dagger having been found in his bedroom, young Norrie Ford is indicted on the terrible charge of murdering his uncle, a boss and bully in an Alleghany lumber camp, and is sentenced to death. Breaking away from his guards, Norrie escapes into the mountains, where he is hidden from the pursuing posse in the cabin of a mysterious mountain girl of beauty and culture, who aids him to make his escape to Argentine, after they have vowed their love for each other. Growing a beard and changing his name, Norrie Ford soon becomes a favorite in the best circles of gay Buenos Aries. Sending letter after letter to the mountain girl, whom he knows only as "The Wild Olive," the letters are all returned marked "No Such Name." In his endeavors to forget her he becomes engaged to a New York girl and shortly after is transferred to New York by his firm. Venturing back to the States he finds "The Wild Olive" again, only to learn that she is the girl chum of his betrothed. Meanwhile he has been seen by a detective who was one of the deputies during his trial for murder. The clash between Norrie's fiancée and "The Wild Olive" and the latter's noble sacrifice not only to the fiancée, but also to an attorney suitor on condition that he clear Norrie of the murder charge, culminate in a dramatic courtroom scene where the identity of the real murderer is discovered and Norrie is acquitted.—Moving Picture World synopsis
It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. Be the first to contribute.
Learn moreContribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content