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The Tinker of Stubbenville (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

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The Tinker of Stubbenville (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

John Haskins has been married to Mary a trifle over a year. The stork is about to pay them a visit. John, always more or less addicted to drink, abuses Mary and loses his position in the town mill. George Haskins, brother of John, always ...See moreJohn Haskins has been married to Mary a trifle over a year. The stork is about to pay them a visit. John, always more or less addicted to drink, abuses Mary and loses his position in the town mill. George Haskins, brother of John, always loved Mary but stepped aside when he saw that she cared more for the other. But when the selfishness of John came to the fore and Mary was made to suffer for it, George quietly endeavored to bring peace to the household and his aid more than once kept the wolf from the door. Into their lives comes Will Harvey, a hunchback itinerant tinker. Business has been poor with him and the day he visits the little town his funds are at the ebb and he is hungry and footsore. From house to house he goes without making a customer. He comes to Mary's. She has no money though her one washpot is sorely in need of repairs. But the sunny smile of the wanderer brings gladness to her unhappy heart. She gives him food and in return he mends her wash boiler as he sits before the warm fire. John returns while he is there, and demands to know how she can pay for such luxuries. Mary tells him she has not paid in money but this enrages him the more, and he orders the "beggar " from the house. The hunchback meets George on the street and from him learns the address of a place where he can find lodgings. That night George rails on John and Mary in the absence of John, who has again gone to the nearby saloon. When the latter returns home, much the worse for drink, George remonstrates with him a quarrel ensues and John knocks George over the head with a chair. Thinking he has killed his brother, he flees into the hills. Mary goes out for help and in front of the small town hotel she finds Will, the hunchback Will agrees to help her and returns to her home. He bathes the head of the injured man, and then goes for a doctor, paying for the latter's services out of his own pocket. The next day George, having recovered. Will goes out in search of John. He traces him into the hills and finds him hiding in an old shack. Will then tells him that George is not dead and urges him to come home. He demurs. Will then tells him the story of his own birth and how he had a drunkard father who abused his mother at the time he was about to be born. He tells of his birth as a hunchback caused by his father striking bis mother. The effect of the story on John is instantaneous and he confides in the hunchback that he expects to be a father. Together they return to the home. They find George in bed but not badly hurt. A reconciliation is effected and John vows to lead a straight life. Grateful to the hunchback, the family offer to make a home for him but he tells them he must go on. The last scene of the story shows the umbrella mender wending his way toward the next town. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Murdock MacQuarrie Will Harvey - the Tinkerof Stubbinville Will Harvey - the Tinkerof Stubbinville See fewer	Modern Times (1936)
Agnes Vernon Mary Haskins Mary Haskins See fewer	Queen of the Turf (1921)

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