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His Sob Story (1914)
Short | 23 min | Short, Drama

His Sob Story (1914)

Short | 23 min | Short, Drama

John was distinctly down on his luck. He had come into the city fully prepared to set the world on fire with his genius, but as yet he had not noticed much of a conflagration as a result of his efforts. He was down to his last dollar and ...See moreJohn was distinctly down on his luck. He had come into the city fully prepared to set the world on fire with his genius, but as yet he had not noticed much of a conflagration as a result of his efforts. He was down to his last dollar and he still had few prospects of any sort of position. On his way to the only newspaper office he had not yet importuned with his prayers for work, he came across a shabbily-clad woman on a park bench. As he approached her, she fainted, dropping her handbag on the sidewalk. John picked the bag up, put it into his pocket, and sent for an ambulance. After the woman had been carried away he suddenly remembered that he had kept the pocketbook. Hoping to find a clue, he opened it and examined its contents: a child's photograph, a handkerchief, and a solitary nickel. On the bare chance of coming across the woman again. John made a tour of the city's hospitals, but without success. However, the handbag gave him an idea. About its pitiful contents a story gradually developed in his mind. With eager haste he rushed to the newspaper office and, brushing opposition aside by the sheer irresistibility of big purpose, he sat down at the typewriter and started his story. John had felt the pinch of poverty too closely himself not to be able to do justice to his subject. He drew a poignant picture of this woman, forced by her husband's cruelty to support herself and her child. It was all fiction for all John knew, but it was certainly a "sob story" of the first order. When John had finished, they sent his story into the editor. He read it, carelessly at first, and then with a drawn haggard look on his face. In a few moments he came out and questioned John, who told him the particulars and showed him the photograph. "The woman was my wife," said the editor simply. Jumping into a taxicab, John and the editor commenced another tour of the hospitals, and this time the search was successful. When they found the woman, she forgave the editor for the misunderstanding that had driven them apart and the grateful editor promised John a first-class position on the paper. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Charles Ogle The Editor The Editor See fewer	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
Ben F. Wilson John - The Reporter John - The Reporter See fewer	The Power God (1925)
Mathilde Baring The Editor's Wife The Editor's Wife See fewer	The Holy City (1912)
Edna Hammel The Editor's Daughter The Editor's Daughter See fewer	What Katie Did (1912)
Yale Boss The Office Boy The Office Boy See fewer	The Ransom of Red Chief (1911)
William Bechtel Sweatshop Owner Sweatshop Owner See fewer	The Three Musketeers: Part 1 (1911)
Mrs. William Bechtel Sweatshop Owner Sweatshop Owner See fewer	The Birth of the Star Spangled Banner (1914)
Harry Beaumont Another Reporter Another Reporter See fewer	The Broadway Melody (1929)
Sally Crute The Nurse The Nurse See fewer	The Widow's Breezy Suit (1915)