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  • As the Candle Burned (1916)
  • Short | 10 min | Short, Drama
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As the Candle Burned (1916)
Short | 10 min | Short, Drama
John Ayres finds that the officers are coming to take him to the poor house. Ayres gets an old-fashioned cash box, and from it takes a photo of a girl, his sweetheart, and in his memory he sees himself asking Ellen to marry him. Then he ...See moreJohn Ayres finds that the officers are coming to take him to the poor house. Ayres gets an old-fashioned cash box, and from it takes a photo of a girl, his sweetheart, and in his memory he sees himself asking Ellen to marry him. Then he takes out the wedding invitation, and his memory paints the ceremony, with the congratulations of their friends. Next the birth announcement of their only son, Tom, and the picture visualizes Ellen and the tiny baby and their wonderful joy over the gift God has sent them, Then he takes a card written in a childish hand, an invitation to a Christmas party, and wistfully gazes upon the children playing games, lovingly watched by himself and Ellen. But a newspaper clipping telling of his son's escapade brings sadness to the old man, an escapade in a café while in a drunken brawl, but this is not all to be added to the old man's cup of bitterness, for his son is arrested for embezzling funds from the bank in which he is employed. Heartsick, the mother dies. Then the old man takes his savings, his all, to the bank president to make good the shortage. Then the officers come to take him away, but they find only a corpse. His spirit has gone to join Ellen's in Heaven. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Joseph Le Brandt
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Joseph Le Brandt (scenario)
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Updated Sep 10, 1916
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Sep 10, 1916 (United States)

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Jean Hersholt
John Ayres John Ayres   See fewer
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Ellen Ayres Ellen Ayres   See fewer
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Billy Mason
Tom Ayres (as William Mason) Tom Ayres (as William Mason)   See fewer
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