- Sadie Tully, while not the belle of the village, is loved by honest Ben, who drives the village hack. Ben buys Sadie all the custard pie she wants and Sadie certainly loves it. Ben starts to build a home and everything is going nicely. Then along comes Rudolf, a rich art student from the city, who fall for Sadie's "wild beauty." Sadie's head is turned and she consents to go to the city with Rudolf, whose mother will educate her. Old man Tully, her father, who just sits and whittles all the time, no matter what's happening, says, "Ye can go, but ye'll come back." But Ben doesn't give up without a scrap. Rudy, though, proves himself some "bear cat," and it takes the police and fire departments to stop the fight. Sadie goes to the city, and Ben buys a mouth organ and plays sad tunes. After a while he gathers his savings and starts to the city himself. The society stunt is too much for Sadie and she leaves Rudolf's home to drift around the city, until a costumer discovers in her the makings of a wonderful model. Sadie develops into a real queen. Ben, too, progresses, but the two never meet. Soon both find that the city "ain't what it's cracked up to be" and each longs for the old town. Finally Ben goes back with an auto truck and establishes himself at the old stand, competing with Old Welch, the miser, who owns the hack. Ben is successful, but life ain't complete, until one day a real swell city lady gets off the "up train" and has Ben drive her to the hotel. In a few moments the swell lady comes out and, "Why, it's Sadie Tully." And they settle down forever.—Moving Picture World synopsis
- THE MOVING PICTURE WORLD July 31, 1915: "Country Blood" is a Lubin comedy drama written by Lawrence McCloskey, produced by Arthur V. Johnson, and with a cast headed by Mr. Johnson and Including Lottie Briscoe, Eleanor Blanchard, Bernard Siegel, Howard M. Mitchell and Tommy West.
It is a bucolic love story straying from the country village to the big city, where both the country maiden and the country man fail to find the satisfaction they crave, and from which they return to their village home to find happiness ever after. The play Is exceedingly well acted and has a number of strong scenes, especially one between Lottie Briscoe, the country maiden, and Eleanor Blanchard, the society matron. Arthur V. Johnson plays the part or the country lover who seeks balm In Gilead playing the harmonica and driving a hack. Taken all In all, the picture Is most interesting, most human, and of course has that peculiar appeal which stirs the heart-strings or the average audience.
MOTOGRAPHY, Vol XIV, No. 6: Country Blood-(Two Reels)-Lubin August 4.-Featuring Arthur Johnson and Lottie Briscoe.
Ben, the village hack driver, buys Sadie Tully all the custard pies she wants, and later starts to build a home for them. Later Sadie's head is turned by romantic Rudolf, an art student from the city, and she goes to the city where she is hired as a model. Ben becomes driver for the hotel bus and one day when a real swell lady comes out, Ben takes her to the hotel and finds it's Sadie Tully and they settle down forever.
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