A chase film with a conservative subtext?

Suzanne Avril

Roger Monteaux

Paul Chelles

Georges Le Faure

Bob, the eldest son of a gamekeeper on a large estate sends the old folks a note in which he announces that he has just been raised to the office of Lieutenant in the army and is coming home on a furlough. He arrives and while his...

Les fils du garde-chasse

The young son of a game-keeper pursues the two poachers involved in his father&apos;s death. The pioneering French female film director Alice Guy&apos;s 1906 short silent film is an earlyish example of an outdoor chase film, and arguably has a conservative subtext. Not the director at her best in any respect.

The young son of a game-keeper pursues the two poachers involved in his father's death. The pioneering French female film director Alice Guy's 1906 short silent film is an earlyish example of an outdoor chase film, and arguably has a conservative subtext. Not the director at her best in any respect.

Bob, the eldest son of a gamekeeper on a large estate sends the old folks a note in which he announces that he has just been raised to the office of Lieutenant in the army and is coming home on a furlough. He arrives and while his good parents are admiring his uniform, his little brother Jack, a mischievous youngster, who has been setting snares in the preserves, makes a bolt into the house and hides a brace of partridge in the old clock. The youngster who was surprised in his trapping by the master of the estate and his daughter is followed to the house by them where they come to complain of the lack of vigilance on the part of the gamekeeper, although they did not recognize the real culprit. When the Earl and his daughter enter the house, Bob is greatly surprised to see the young lady, for in their childhood days they were lovers, but their social distinctions are so wide apart that the young man has little hope of ever winning the fair maiden. His love of former days is revived, however, and the young couple exchange glances which mean more than tongue can tell. As the girl is about to depart with her father she accidentally drops her gloves, and shortly after her departure Bob picks them up. That night when all is still he steals out of the house and starts for the mansion to return the gloves to their owner, and shortly after leaving he is followed by his father who sees the footprints in the snow while searching for the poachers. The young man gets to the window of the maiden's room and she hearing him outside quietly opens the shutters and allows him to climb in. for he realizes that he is being followed by his father and the Earl. At an opportune time the young officer leaves the girl and starts back to his home, but the gamekeeper and his employer, knowing that someone has been prowling around are hiding in a break in the wall. As the youth passes, the Earl fires but luckily misses, and the young man flees to his home closely followed by his pursuers. When he enters the house exhausted Jack realizes at a glance what a precarious position his brother is in, and in order to save the latter from disgrace the youngster shoulders all the blame. The old gamekeeper and the Earl bolt into the house and there find the youngster with the goods, and after a good reprimand the old Earl feels satisfied that he has put a stop to the trouble so returns home, while the father and his two sons congratulate each other over the lucky ending of the affair.

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