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The Hobo (1912)
Short | Drama, Short

The Hobo (1912)

Short | Drama, Short

Harry Larned is a dispatcher on the Southern Pacific in Arizona, a young man trusted by Superintendent Sterritt, under whom he works, and already accepted by the superintendent's daughter, Lucy, as her future husband. But the strain under ...See moreHarry Larned is a dispatcher on the Southern Pacific in Arizona, a young man trusted by Superintendent Sterritt, under whom he works, and already accepted by the superintendent's daughter, Lucy, as her future husband. But the strain under which Harry works unnerves him to the point of taking occasional "nips" at bracers, and a party of careless youths of the town with whom he is on intimate terms unwittingly complete his downfall by the pernicious "treating" route. One evening Harry calls on Lucy after yielding to the importunities of the young "sports" to "have another," and his condition is such that he is ordered from the house by Superintendent Sterritt. Lucy returns him his ring. Harry is discharged from the railroad the next day. Some months after Harry's dismissal from the Sterritt home, Lucy is sent to Los Angeles for the heated spell. At a water tank in the desert, as Lucy sits reading on the observation car of the Limited, Harry, now a hobo, is hauled from beneath the train by a brakeman and is being kicked out of the yard when Lucy interposes. She recognizes him as her former lover. After this dramatic moment events follow in rapid sequence, ending with the saving from bandits of a shipment of $25,000 by the despised hobo, Harry. The hobo's knowledge of telegraphy enables him to outwit the desperadoes, who have bound and gagged the station agent at the lonely desert "flag," and it so happens that Lucy is on this very same train returning to Tucson. Harry, the hobo, falls mortally wounded, into her arms during the fight between the bandits and the sheriff's posse, to whom the hobo's quick-witted telegram gave warning in sufficient time to enable them to accompany the express car from the nearest division point. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Hobart Bosworth Harry Larned - the Hobo Harry Larned - the Hobo See fewer	The Sea Wolf (1913)
Frank Clark W.G. Sterritt - Superintendent of the Railraod (as Frank M. Clark) W.G. Sterritt - Superintendent of the Railraod (as Frank M. Clark) See fewer	The Light of Western Stars (1918)
Frank Richardson Jones - the Bookkeeper Jones - the Bookkeeper See fewer	George Warrington's Escape (1911)
Fred Huntley The Station Agent at Edom The Station Agent at Edom See fewer	The Ne'er Do Well (1915)
Fernando Gálvez Manuel Garcia Manuel Garcia See fewer	The Squaw Man (1914)
Edward H. Philbrook The Sheriff of Beaumont The Sheriff of Beaumont See fewer	The Secret Wedding (1912)
Herbert Rawlinson Haywood - the Banker Haywood - the Banker See fewer	The Flame Fighter (1925)
George Hernandez Sam Sterritt's Chink Sam Sterritt's Chink See fewer	Just Out of College (1920)
Lillian Hayward Mrs. Smith Mrs. Smith See fewer	The Child of the Sea (1913)
Nick Cogley The Station Agent at Beaumont The Station Agent at Beaumont See fewer	Only a Farmer's Daughter (1915)
Roy Watson William - the Telegrapher William - the Telegrapher See fewer	Chasing Trouble (1926)
Count Alberti The Barkeeper The Barkeeper See fewer	A Spanish Wooing (1911)
Bessie Eyton Lucy Sterritt - the Superintendent's Daughter Lucy Sterritt - the Superintendent's Daughter See fewer	The Girl of Gold (1925)