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  • Captain Barnacle, Reformer (1912)
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Captain Barnacle, Reformer (1912)
Short | Short, Drama

Ebenezer White is a hard-fisted money-lender. His son Ned is a scapegrace and is turned outdoors by his father. Ned tries to reform, however, and asks for another chance. White refuses to give him one. Barnacle drops in in the midst of ...See moreEbenezer White is a hard-fisted money-lender. His son Ned is a scapegrace and is turned outdoors by his father. Ned tries to reform, however, and asks for another chance. White refuses to give him one. Barnacle drops in in the midst of this family row, to pay his rent, to White, who is his landlord. Ned in despair drowns his sorrows in drink and is thrown out of the village saloon. He is found by Barnacle, who takes him to his home, sobers him up and with the help of Ruth, makes him feel the comforts of home life. Then with the assistance of Bunce, he gets him a berth aboard ship, and lends him money enough to start life anew. Time passes, Ned makes good and writes his mother that he is coming home from his first voyage and will meet her at Barnacle's, as he does not want to return home till his father asks him. The night Ned reaches home, there is a storm off the coast and a ship is wrecked. Ned nearly loses his life in rescuing the passengers. As he is lying at the point of death, as is supposed, news is carried to White, and suddenly a sense of the wrong and heartlessness he has shown his son is brought home to him by Captain Barnacle. He goes to Ned's bedside and begs his forgiveness and he and his family are reunited. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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W.A. Tremayne (story)
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Updated Nov 11, 1912

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Nov 11, 1912 (United States)

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6 cast members
Name Known for
Van Dyke Brooke
Captain Barnacle Captain Barnacle   See fewer
Hughie Mack
Captain Bunce Captain Bunce   See fewer
Norma Talmadge
Ruth - Captain Bunce's Daughter Ruth - Captain Bunce's Daughter   See fewer
Courtenay Foote
Ned - the Whites' Son Ned - the Whites' Son   See fewer
Robert McWade Sr.
Ebeneezer White Ebeneezer White   See fewer
Mary Maurice
Mrs. White (as Mrs. Maurice) Mrs. White (as Mrs. Maurice)   See fewer
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