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The Samaritan of Coogan's Tenement (1912)
Short | Drama, Short

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The Samaritan of Coogan's Tenement (1912)

Short | Drama, Short

The little house so dear to Billy and His mother is lost to them through foreclosure. He cheers her by telling her to come with him to the city, where he will provide for her. Their straitened circumstances force them to take quarters in a...See moreThe little house so dear to Billy and His mother is lost to them through foreclosure. He cheers her by telling her to come with him to the city, where he will provide for her. Their straitened circumstances force them to take quarters in a tenement section inhabited by gangsters. During one of Billy's trips from home in search of employment, the mother hears sounds of someone falling and rushing into the dingy hallway arrives just in time to see two gangsters beating up another, Red Maguire. With the assistance of a young girl of the tenements, the mother helps the injured man to her own apartments, where she bandages his wounds. The heart of the gangster is touched by the mother's kindness to him and he vows never to forget her. Returning home one evening Billy falls ill with the gangsters and goes to the docks, where drinking and gambling are indulged in. Billy is led to drink and before long is helpless. Anxiety of the mother over Billy's absence causes Red Maguire to go in search of him and he arrives just as Billy is being led away by a policeman to jail where he is later sentenced to thirty days imprisonment. Not forgetting her kindness to him and wanting to spare the mother knowledge of Billy's arrest, Red Maguire sends her a message in Billy's name. "Got a job fer 4 weeks. Had to go darn quick." When Billy is released Red puts money in his hand saying, "Bill, your mother is a good kid. She thinks you've been working. Here's your wages for the time you've been away. Cut out the booze and get to work." Two years find Billy and little mother back on the farm for Billy went to work and earned the old home back again. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Arthur V. Johnson Billy Billy See fewer	The Beloved Adventurer (1914)
Lottie Briscoe Jessie - the Girl of the Tenements Jessie - the Girl of the Tenements See fewer	The House of Mirth (1918)
Clara Lambert Billy's Mother Billy's Mother See fewer	The Rights of Man: A Story of War's Red Blotch (1915)
Jack McDonald Red Maguire - the Gangster Red Maguire - the Gangster See fewer	The Last of the Mohicans (1920)