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  • The Toy Shop (1914)
  • Short | Short, Drama, Romance
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The Toy Shop (1914)
Short | Short, Drama, Romance
Carl Hendricks was only too happy to be able to help Ruth Forbes. He thought of her then only as a little factory girl out of a job, and it wasn't that he needed an assistant in the shop so much as that in giving Ruth employment he made ...See moreCarl Hendricks was only too happy to be able to help Ruth Forbes. He thought of her then only as a little factory girl out of a job, and it wasn't that he needed an assistant in the shop so much as that in giving Ruth employment he made the poor child inexpressibly happy. Carl Hendricks kept a small toy shop, for many years owned by his father before him. He was the most popular man in town with the children, the keeper of the candy store not excepted. But he often had fits of terrible loneliness. He longed for a wife and children of his own. Then Ruth came, and the shop grew more homelike. The lonely times came scarcely at all, and he found himself loving the girl with all his heart. Hendricks kept his love a secret and worked hard. When he had put by enough money for a modest home, he felt he would have a right to speak to her. But, with the longed-for day at last in sight, news came that Ruth had been named in the will of a rich uncle, who suddenly had died, as heiress to his fortune. Her uncle's lawyer came for her and she went away leaving Hendricks desolate. Ruth was entranced by the first glamour of society life. But as the novelty wore off, she found herself thinking constantly of Hendricks. She was homesick for the toy shop. One day she went back. But the curtains were drawn and the door locked. One of the children whom Hendricks had befriended led her to a hospital where he lay very ill. She came the next day, and the next day. Understanding ripened between the lovers. And Hendricks broke the hospital records with his phenomenal recovery. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Carl Gregory
Writer
Philip Lonergan (scenario)
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Updated Jun 12, 1914
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Jun 12, 1914 (United States)

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