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A Reconstructed Rebel
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by Colin Campbell
Cast: Hobart Bosworth [Colonel Yancey, C.S.A.], William T. Santschi (Tom Santschi) [Colonel Winston, U.S.A.], Betty Harte [Louise Yancey], Lillian Wade [Louise Yancey, as a child], Al E. Garcia (Al Ernest Garcia) [Dick Winston], Roy Watson [the secretary to the consul], [?] Tom Mix?
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by William N. Selig. Scenario by Lannier Bartlett, [?] from a story by Emmett Campbell Hall? / Released May 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama: Western.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Colonel Yancey, C.S.A., his cause lost, rather than surrender his sword, abandons his plantation, takes with him his little girl and the flag he could not save from defeat, and, still wearing his uniform of gray, goes to Honduras. Here the Stars and Bars fly defiantly over Colonel Yancey’s house. Louise grows to a beautiful young womanhood, and the old Colonel dreams, bitterly but proudly of the past. Colonel Winston. U.S.A., got into such a habit of wearing his blue uniform during four hard years that he never abandoned it. When appointed Consul of the United States at Tegucigalpa, he secretly thought that it would add no little to his dignity, and so it came about that one day a Union and a Confederate Colonel in full uniform met upon the street, stared, and glared, while from nearby poles floated the Stars and Stripes and the St. Andrew’s Cross. Dick Winston, who served as clerk in the Consulate, thought the warlike attitudes assumed by the old gentlemen very amusing, until he met Louise; then he saw that this left-over bit of the spirit of the 60s was apt to prove a serious matter. An anti-American outbreak occurs. In attempting to protect an American citizen who is being hunted down. Colonel Winston incurs the anger of the mob, and Colonel Yancey sees the Consul, with the Flag in his hand, go down beneath the blows of the natives, while the Flag is trampled contemptuously in the dust. A little family quarrel is one thing; insult to the Flag that flew at Yorktown and Monterey is quite another; in a moment the old Confederate revolvers are blazing, and the Colonel has lost none of his skill. The natives draw back. Dick Winston arrives upon the scene, and Colonel Yancey assists him to drag the Consul toward the shelter of the Yancey house, the nearest refuge. The mob intercepts them, and they retreat to a point of vantage. Just where is planted the pole from which floats the Stars and Bars. A rioter appears from Colonel Yancey’s house, dragging Louise. Dick rescues her and brings her to the little fort. The Consul has recovered sufficiently to use his revolver, and they are able to hold off the mob for a short time. Just as the natives gather for a final rush, a detachment of U.S. Marines appear, coming on the run, with fixed bayonets, and the mob breaks and flies. The Marine Officer stares in amazement at the Confederate Flag, then gives an order, and the Marines present arms. Colonel Yancey returns the salute with military precision, then turns and slowly lowers the flag, clasping the outstretched hand of the Consul, as he does so. Dick has run and brought the American Flag left in the street, and he and Louise quickly attach it to the lanyards and run it to the top of the staff.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 12 October 2023.
References: Norris-Mix p. 113 : Website-IMDb.
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