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  • Should She Have Told? (1916)
  • Short | Drama, Romance, Short
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Should She Have Told? (1916)
Short | Drama, Romance, Short
Of the brothers, John and Ed Randall, the one employs his spare time in studying law, while the other seeks low companionship and drink. Before long the ways of the two are so far apart that Ed decides to leave his brother, assume another ...See moreOf the brothers, John and Ed Randall, the one employs his spare time in studying law, while the other seeks low companionship and drink. Before long the ways of the two are so far apart that Ed decides to leave his brother, assume another name, go to a distant city, and there live as he pleases. Soon he becomes the leader of one of the most notorious bands of crooks in the vicinity. Then he meets Mary, a little flower girl, whom he befriends, and ere long she has become his bride. She remonstrates with him, tries to persuade him to give up his evil companions, but he will not listen to her. On the night of their wedding he receives a note calling him for a big "job." He starts to leave, but Mary, reading the note, knocks him unconscious and for a time prevents his going, but later he leaves. She follows and the whole gang are apprehended and arrested. Ed is sent to prison, but Mary is released and the district attorney's wife takes her into her home as her daughter. Soon after the attorney brings John home with him, and the two meet and love. Mary, hiding her past from her lover, marries him and for some time everything goes happily in the little household, until John discovers that their son, Roy, is reading bad books and smoking. One day while Mary and Roy are playing ball, it rolls away to a park bench upon which is seated Ed, just recently released from prison. He recognizes Mary and later extorts money from her as the price of his silence. The time comes when she has no more money for him, and then he kidnaps Roy, intending to make him a member of his gang, which Roy is willing to do. Mary rescues him from the den, but Ed, awakening and finding the boy gone, follows to Mary's home, where there is a scene between the three. John returns home as Ed and the boy hide behind the curtain, but Roy calls and John comes back into the room. A fight takes place and a ray of light falling upon Ed's face, makes it possible for John to discover it is his own brother. Ed begs forgiveness, tells John that he had come to rob the house and had been prevented by Mary, so her secret remains with her. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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John McDermott
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Updated Nov 28, 1916
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Nov 28, 1916 (United States)

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