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The Going of the White Swan (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

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The Going of the White Swan (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

In the wild Canadian Northwest lives pretty Lucette, daughter of an honest trapper and a pious mother. John Bagot, a hot-blooded young French-Canadian trapper, is accustomed to no other life than the undisciplined existence of the wild ...See moreIn the wild Canadian Northwest lives pretty Lucette, daughter of an honest trapper and a pious mother. John Bagot, a hot-blooded young French-Canadian trapper, is accustomed to no other life than the undisciplined existence of the wild things of the forest. John comes a-courting, and Lucette's parents being simple people, believe that their daughter's happiness can be assured by her marriage to the young trapper. Old Pere Corraine, the beloved missionary, is called in to perform the ceremony. Lucette then leaves the home of her parents and goes to live with her husband in his cabin far out in the wilds. Lucette has been brought up with a sincere belief in religion, and in her new home she enshrines an image of the Virgin and a small Cross. Her young husband has no religious feeling whatever and at irregular intervals he obtains the fiery whiskey which the illicit peddlers sell to the trappers, and relaxes into a condition of drunken stupor, which sometimes lasts for days. Later a little baby comes to them, and grows into a sturdy boy, whom they name Dominique. One day while John is out looking after his traps, Dominique sallies boldly forth to shoot some wolves which have been howling about the cabin and annoying his mother. John returns to the cabin and in his reckless and careless way indulges from the bottle and smokes his pipe, after which he places them, disregarding his wife's wishes, on the shrine beside the Cross and the image of the Virgin. Lucette expostulates, and tells him it is not a fitting place for these articles, but John laughs and jeers at her religious scruples until in a frenzy of agonized feeling, because of the outrage against her religious views, she rushes from the cabin with a vague intention of making her way back to the home of her parents. Dominique has a misadventure with the wolves. They surround him and almost kill him, but he finally escapes and drags, himself painfully back to the cabin. His father carries him into the house and then rushes out to find Lucette. But she is not to be found. Then follow days and nights of agonized suspense for the father. The tide of life for Dominique ebbs slowly away, until one day when a gust of wind blows a flurry of snow across the door, he states plaintively that he has seen the "White Swan." There is a superstition among these people that when the "White Swan" passes, it announces the forthcoming death of the person who sees it. John fears the worst and exerts his simple knowledge to save the boy. Lucette wanders into a camp of Cree Indians, the chief of whom seizes upon her and announces that he will make her his wife. She is exhausted and nearly frozen, and her joy at the advent of good old Pere Corraine who happened to strike the camp a few hours after she did, is great. Pere Corraine craftily bargains with the chief for Lucette and against his religious scruples agrees to pay ten barrels of rum for her. This, however, is the only bargain that the chief will make. Pere Corraine then takes Lucette back to the vicinity of the cabin and leaves her outside of the door. John Bagot, in an agony of spirit, and with a soul racked by remorse, has thrown himself before the shrine and begs for help in his extremity from the Great Father above. Dominique, who has received from his mother a religious training, notes his father's conversion with a peaceful smile and drops off to sleep. Pere Corraine takes advantage of the situation to exact from John a promise to give his soul to God if his wife is returned to him. His penitence is sincere, and Pere Corraine, after pledging him to a continuance of his new religious fervor, steps to the door and beckons Lucette to come into the cabin. While husband and wife are weeping tears of joy over their reconciliation, little Dominique wakes from his sleep and announces that he no longer sees the "White Swan," for it has flown away. Thus the going of the "White Swan" brings health and strength to the wounded little boy, while the hearts of father and mother are filled with love and rejoicing. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Wheeler Oakman John Bagot John Bagot See fewer	Lights of New York (1928)
Bessie Eyton Lucette Lucette See fewer	The Girl of Gold (1925)
Roy Clark Dominique Dominique See fewer	A Bit o' Heaven (1917)
Frank Clark Pete Corraine Pete Corraine See fewer	The Light of Western Stars (1918)
Joe King Indian Chief Indian Chief See fewer	Smashing the Money Ring (1939)