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  • Where There's Life, There's Hope (1911)
  • Short | Drama, Short
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Where There's Life, There's Hope (1911)
Short | Drama, Short
Ethel Sinclair is seated in the garden adjoining her home when her lover, Alfred King, enters. She has just finished a letter she has written which she gives him then leaves the garden in company with another young man. The letter is a ...See moreEthel Sinclair is seated in the garden adjoining her home when her lover, Alfred King, enters. She has just finished a letter she has written which she gives him then leaves the garden in company with another young man. The letter is a cruel on, informing King of the engagement that has existed between them is terminated on account of the King's poverty. The scene shifts to the office of Samuel Morton, an aged broker, who is desperate on account of financial reverses. He enters a room in a hotel and writes a farewell letter to his friends. King also decides to take his own life and engages apartments in the same hostelry and writes a note to Ethel. Morton produces a revolver to shoot himself and King resolves on the poison route. King overturns the bottle of poison and Morton hears the noise and seeks another mode of shuffling. In turn King and Morton repair to a high bridge, and are about to jump over when a little girl appears and frustrates their plans. She comes to Morton with a teddy bear and he leads her away, leaving the bear on the wall. King appears and is about to throw himself over when the child returns for the doll and her mother joins her. King loses his nerve and follows them. Morton returns to his room and takes out his revolver. King enters the adjoining room, removes his hat and coat and then turns on the gas. He falls from his chair, overcome by the fumes of the gas, just as Morton is about to shoot himself. Morton hears the noise and goes into the room of King and takes the young man into his (Morton's) apartment, drags him to the window and revives him. Morton gives King a bit of advice on hearing his story. Both agree to begin the battle of life anew and to be brave. They leave the hotel and walk away with the light of new hope shining in their faces, their troubles lightened by the recent experience. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Joseph W. Smiley (unconfirmed)
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Carl Laemmle
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Updated Apr 24, 1911
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Apr 24, 1911 (United States)

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