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A Son’s Example
(1912) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by [?] Gaston Méliès and/or Robert Goodman?
Cast: Ray Gallagher [Ray Miller, the son], Florence La Vinci (Jewel Carmen) [Edith, the bank president’s daughter], Richard Stanton [John Miller, the father], [?] Francis Ford?
G. Méliès production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by Gaston Méliès. / Released 24 October 1912. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [From Méliès promotional materials] Miller, cashier of the bank, misappropriates funds to gamble. Ray, his son, also in the bank, discovers the shortage, and though in love with Edith, daughter of the president, nobly puts the blame on himself and disappears. But Edith knowing Miller to be a gambler, wrings from him a confession of the truth, and goes in search of Ray. Fate has played Ray lucky in the West and the happy couple return, square up the debt, and receive the blessings of all. // [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? John Miller is cashier of a bank and his son Ray a trusted employee and in love with the bank president’s daughter Edith. Miller loses heavily on the horse races; not wishing to mortgage his home, he fails to enter a deposit in the bank records, using the money for a final plunge on the races, hoping to recuperate all his former losses — but he loses again. Ray discovers the shortage and to spare his parents humiliation, leaves a note at the bank saying that he took the money, and goes West. All believe Ray took the money except Edith, whose faith in him proves stronger than expected. Knowing Miller to be a gambler, she suspects him, accuses him, and finally wrings from him a confession of the truth. Miller gives a mortgage on his home to cover the loss, and Edith starts west in search of her noble lover. In the West Ray has turned cowboy. A handsome reward is offered for the capture of a dangerous bandit. Ray gets on his trail and “covers” him, just as the bandit is holding up the stagecoach. On that coach is Edith. Ray gets his reward, then the happy lovers return, pay off the mortgage, and receive the blessings of all.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 23 May 2024.
References: Thompson-Star p. 232 : ClasIm-226 p. 55 : Website-IMDb.
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