Brute Force (1914)

Brute Force (1914)

A psychological comedy founded on the Darwinian theory of the evolution of man 1914-04-24 United States of America 36 Min. PG-13
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Overview

A thin gent in formal wear, amid a club or party, reads a book about primitive man after he's ignored by a pretty lady. We see the book enacted: Weakhands loses his girlfriend to Bruteforce, but chances upon a design for a weapon to vanquish his rival and win her back. His tribe sees this and sets him up as their leader. With the club, he fends off various creatures (a winged lizard, a snake, a dinosaur) and a rival tribe led by Monkeywalk. The women even manage to repel an attack. But the rival tribe discovers the secret of the club themselves, and capture the women. Weakhands, sitting in despair, chances upon a new weapon: the bow and arrow.

Cast

Robert Harron is Harry Faulkner (Prologue) / Weakhands (The Old Days)
Harry Faulkner (Prologue) / Weakhands (The Old Days)
Mae Marsh is Lilywhite
Lilywhite
William J. Butler is Priscilla's Father (Prologue)
Priscilla's Father (Prologue)
Wilfred Lucas is Brute Force
Brute Force
Edwin Curglot is Caveman
Alfred Paget is In Club (Prologue) / Tribesman (The Old Days)
In Club (Prologue) / Tribesman (The Old Days)
Jennie Lee is Rejected Cavewoman
Rejected Cavewoman
Harry Carey is In Womanless Tribe (The Old Days) (uncredited)
In Womanless Tribe (The Old Days) (uncredited)