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Blood Heritage (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

Blood Heritage (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Dr. Bruce Kane, a young blood expert and scientist, is trying to prove the theory of Professor Reichert that relationship can be established through the microscopical examination of the blood. Bruce has a younger brother, Richard, of whom ...See moreDr. Bruce Kane, a young blood expert and scientist, is trying to prove the theory of Professor Reichert that relationship can be established through the microscopical examination of the blood. Bruce has a younger brother, Richard, of whom he is very fond. Both young men are fond of Ethel Radford, a young social debutante, and we find both of them paying her attention. On a later day Richard receives a telegram calling him to another city to accept a position there. Bruce reminds him when he comes in that he should accept the place, for he is slowly becoming an idler. Richard takes exception to his brother's remarks, accuses him of jealousy because of Ethel's display of a preference for him. Next day Richard arrives in New Haven in quest of the position. Here he is attacked by thugs and his skull is fractured, and he lies for weeks unknown and unconscious in a hospital. No word is heard and Bruce and Ethel mourn him for dead. They believe the man committed suicide after the quarrel. Bruce pays Ethel ardent court, and later their wedding day is announced. In the meantime Richard in the hospital has slowly been recovering his strength and reason. As soon as Richard is able to leave the institution he seeks the firm who made him the offer, finds that the proprietor is out of town and is expected home that night. Richard locates the house of the proprietor of the firm and decides to go there to seek him. When he reaches the house he is admitted by a man who has just committed a murder, The two have a struggle and Richard is stabbed, and, sinking to the floor, he is found by a servant who points him out to the police as the murderer. Richard is arrested, and he hides his identity. The District Attorney knows that he has only a slight chance of convicting Richard unless he can secure something that will actually incriminate him. The murderer has left stains of his own blood upon a cover of the chair, and this is part of the evidence against Richard. The District Attorney, having heard of Dr. Bruce Kane's blood work, decides to have a specimen of the prisoner's blood and the chair cover sent to Bruce to see If he can find out if they are the blood of the same man. When Bruce examines the blood of the suspected murderer he sees the blood crystals are identical with those which he has seen before in his own blood. He finds, too, that the blood on the cover is not the same as on the slide sent to him for examination. The trial is in progress and is being given against Richard. Bruce enters the District Attorney's office and asks to see the prisoner, and then identifies him as the brother he thought was dead. The news is made known to the Court. Bruce tells his story, the Court has Richard testify, and the jury acquits him of the murder under instructions from the bench. Realizing that since Richard is not dead, he has no right to the love of Ethel, Bruce calls upon her, slips the engagement ring from her finger, and releases her so that she may be free to wed his brother, Richard. As the picture ends we see Ethel reunited with her childhood sweetheart. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Lionel Adams Dr. Bruce Kane Dr. Bruce Kane See fewer	Janice Meredith (1924)
Gladden James Richard Kane Richard Kane See fewer	The Third Degree (1919)
Betty Gray Ethel Radford Ethel Radford See fewer	His Last Dollar (1914)