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The Heart of a Tigress (1915)
Short | 30 min | Short, Drama, Romance

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The Heart of a Tigress (1915)

Short | 30 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Mrs. Grace Haverty, a wealthy widow, tired of the social life, goes to South Africa to trap animals for her private menagerie. During her expeditionary trip she uses the bungalow upon the ranch of James Lestrange as her headquarters. ...See moreMrs. Grace Haverty, a wealthy widow, tired of the social life, goes to South Africa to trap animals for her private menagerie. During her expeditionary trip she uses the bungalow upon the ranch of James Lestrange as her headquarters. Having obtained all the animals and snakes she desires, except a very big lion, Mrs. Haverty determines to capture it before starting home. James Lestrange has conceived for the widow a violent passion and makes an unavailable appeal to her to marry him and stay in South Africa. Mrs. Haverty receives a letter from Jack Williams, who is hunting animals in India. He has captured two tigers, which he has consented to deliver to Mrs. Haverty upon her private yacht in the port of Singapore. Mrs. Haverty captures the lion and makes all preparations to leave for Singapore. Lestrange is so determined in his love-making that at last Mrs. Haverty agrees to allow him to accompany her. The man interests Mrs. Haverty, and yet she cannot quite persuade herself to give him her hand. At Singapore they pick up Jack Williams and his two tigers. Lestrange is soon forgotten and Mrs. Haverty turns her attention to Williams, who, although admiring the woman's beauty and charm, is rather indifferent to her. Lestrange becomes jealous, and one night after tying Williams to the deck releases the lions. While the beasts are roaming the ship Williams is trying to escape. Mrs. Haverty, missing a magazine she wishes to read, and, supposing it is in her deck chair, sends Helen Moore, her secretary, to find it. Jack succeeds in forcing the gag from his mouth just as Helen comes along the deck, and a moment or two later she frees him. Barely are his hands loose when one of the lions bounds into the scene. Picking up a deck chair, the man protects Helen from the onslaught of the savage beast. Grace hears the noise and with the aid of Williams she succeeds in driving the animals back into their cages. The rest of the trip to California is made without event and Mrs. Haverty takes up her quarters in her Pasadena home. A few weeks later she decides to give a most novel reception. When the guests arrive at her home they are shown into a huge hallway in which tigers roam about at will. Later in the evening, seeing Jack and Helen together in a boat on the lake, Mrs. Haverty, madly jealous, forces her tiger to smell of Helen's scarf and then drives the beast after her. A moment later the animal has scented Helen and is swimming toward the boat. Expecting her rival will soon be in the clutches of the tiger, Mrs. Haverty watches from the balcony, but later she sees Helen swimming toward land and Jack fighting off the infuriated beast. Jack succeeds in driving off the tiger, and a few minutes later the parties are safely back on land. That night Lestrange lays a trail of meat from the cages to Mrs. Haverty's room. Grace does not see him as he opens the doors of the cages, nor does she realize there is any danger to her until she is suddenly awakened by the sound of Mrs. Haverty's voice. In the doorway stands Mrs. Haverty and one of the tigers, whom she is commanding to spring upon the girl. Suddenly, from Mrs. Haverty's room, is heard a terrible crash and she sees two lions crashing through the panels of her doorway. With a cry of fear she drags the tiger at her side back into her bedroom. Helen then hurries to the telephone and tells Jack what terrible things are happening in Mrs. Haverty's house. Lestrange, thinking that the lions are by this time engaging the attention of Mrs. Haverty's tigers, steps into the upper hallway and goes into her room. Mrs. Haverty is startled and loses control over the beasts, and in a moment the two lions and two tigers are fighting for their lives. Lestrange attempts to seize Mrs. Haverty, but she snoots him dead. Shocked at what she has done Mrs. Haverty rushes into the hall. The animals are still fighting, but Mrs. Haverty, recovering her poise, soon brings them under her control once more. She calls in the servants and they start to rope the two lions and two tigers. Mrs. Haverty walks out on the balcony and sees Helen and Jack in the latter's automobile. In Mrs. Haverty's room the servants have roped all the animals except one tiger. Determined to escape, it runs through the window on to the balcony. A second later a shriek is heard and Mrs. Haverty and her tiger go hurtling over the balcony down into the depths of the lake below. And out on the road Helen and Jack roll on to begin life anew. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Rosita Marstini Mrs. Grace Haverty (as Madame Paul Bourgeois) Mrs. Grace Haverty (as Madame Paul Bourgeois) See fewer	Blood and Sand (1922)
Paul Sablon Jack Williams (as Paul Bourgeois) Jack Williams (as Paul Bourgeois) See fewer	The Whole Jungle Was After Him (1916)
Betty Schade Helen Moore Helen Moore See fewer	Bare Fists (1919)
Fred L. Wilson James Lestrange James Lestrange See fewer	Go and Get It (1920)
Marie Walcamp Actress Actress See fewer	Tongues of Flame (1918)