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  • The Man in the Dark (1914)
  • Short | Short, Drama
The Man in the Dark (1914)
Short | Short, Drama
Plodding along, his bag gradually filling with scraps of paper and cloth as he plied his sharp-pointed stick in cranny and nook, Silver Joe formed one of the best known characters in New York, but few realized his sorrows. In his room Joe ...See morePlodding along, his bag gradually filling with scraps of paper and cloth as he plied his sharp-pointed stick in cranny and nook, Silver Joe formed one of the best known characters in New York, but few realized his sorrows. In his room Joe is sorting out the day's find, when he finds a letter, the handwriting on which carried him back many years. His astonishment caused his companions to ask him what was the matter. As if in a dream, the story came out. How he had been engaged to a beautiful girl and how, on the eve of their wedding day, he had been warned by a friend that his fiancée was to meet an unknown man. He and the friend had spied upon her and witnessed the meeting. Torn by jealousy and too proud to ask for an explanation, he had broken off his engagement and had returned, unread, a letter written by his sweetheart, Viola. At the name of Viola one of the men started forward. He disclosed the fact that he was the man whom Viola had met that night. He was her brother; the meeting with her had to be secret, as he was being pursued for a crime of which he was innocent. Joe could hardly believe him, but the brother produced proof of his statements. Joe goes back to the house where he had picked up the letter. He was too late. Grief and sorrow had crushed the flower of his youth and she was gone. He returns to his boarding house and burns the letter which had come to him too late. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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John H. Collins
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Updated Oct 20, 1914
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Oct 20, 1914 (United States)

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