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The Black Sheep (II) (1915)
Short | 10 min | Short, Drama

The Black Sheep (II) (1915)

Short | 10 min | Short, Drama

Bob, the black sheep of the Holmes' family, is continually at swords' points with his father. His mother thinks the father a trifle hard on the boy and takes his part. When the elder Holmes refuses to advance Bob any more money, the mother...See moreBob, the black sheep of the Holmes' family, is continually at swords' points with his father. His mother thinks the father a trifle hard on the boy and takes his part. When the elder Holmes refuses to advance Bob any more money, the mother steps into the breach with money from her own savings. This state of affairs is brought to a climax one morning about 3 A.M., when Bob comes home dead drunk. His father, ignoring the pleas of mother and sister, tells the boy to leave and never return. Several years pass. The father dies and the sister marries and moves to a nearby city. Bob sinks to the lowest level and to satisfy his cravings for liquor, begs on the streets. The mother, finding the old home very lonesome, responds to her daughter's invitation to visit her. She looks upon the girl's happy little home with pleasure, but her heart and mind turn to the boy of whom she has lost all trace. An officer arrests Bob for begging on the streets, but instead of taking him in, he gives him twelve hours in which to get out of town. The sister's husband has been detained quite late with a business deal and en route home he passes through a deserted part of the city. Bob, very much discouraged, thinks of the river as an appropriate ending to such a life as his and starts for the waterfront. The sister's husband is attacked by a gang of thugs and Bob arriving on the scene shows there is at least one tiny spark of manhood left by siding with the underdog. An officer sees the fight and is also observed by the gang, who run. Following his natural instinct, Bob runs also, taking the sister's husband with him. When they find they have safely eluded the policeman, Bob notices that his companion has received a deep gash on the head, from which the blood is flowing profusely. He stops the flow of blood and noting that the man is growing weak, he offers to assist him in reaching home. Upon their arrival at the house, the wounded man discovers that Bob is homeless and offers him shelter for the night, an invitation which Bob accepts. Needing money for a getaway, Bob proceeds to make a grand clean up just before daybreak. In walking about the dark library he knocks a book from the table. The noise awakens the sister, who, grasping a revolver, silently comes into the room. The sister turns on the lights and, covering the burglar with the revolver, commands him to throw up his hands. Bob turns, the recognition is mutual, the girl lowers the gun and puts her arms around Bob. Knowing that others in the house may have been awakened by the noise she heard, the girl bids him put the stolen articles back. She assists him and their work has just been completed when her husband and the mother come down the stairs. The mother recognizes Bob and takes him into her arms. The husband is told of the relationship, and he in turn tells of the service Bob rendered earlier in the night. Bob reforms and ceases to be the black sheep. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Joseph Henabery Bob Holmes - the Black Sheep (as Joseph J. Henaberry) Bob Holmes - the Black Sheep (as Joseph J. Henaberry) See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Loretta Blake Grace - Bob's Sister Grace - Bob's Sister See fewer	Ghosts (1915)
Mr. Elmore Grace's Husband Grace's Husband See fewer	The Black Sheep (II) (1915)

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