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  • The Golden Goose (1914)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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The Golden Goose (1914)
Short | Short, Drama
Mrs. Colby, widow of a poor Arizona ranchman, her son, Tom, and baby daughter Edith, live on a poor ranch. Edith reads a great many fairy tales and believes in fairies. One day while she is reading in the garden she indulges in ...See moreMrs. Colby, widow of a poor Arizona ranchman, her son, Tom, and baby daughter Edith, live on a poor ranch. Edith reads a great many fairy tales and believes in fairies. One day while she is reading in the garden she indulges in incantations and follows instructions in the Fairy Tale book, asking the good fairy to appear to her. Ruth Hart, daughter of the settlement banker, wanders into the garden and hears the child. She decides to play the Fairy for the little girl, and tells her she will grant her wish if it be good. Edith tells her how poor they are and wishes for a goose that will lay golden eggs. Ruth and Tom paint a goose and some eggs with gold paint and place same by the well, where Edith finds them. The crops on the ranch fail and Banker Hart ejects the Colbys on the advice of his cashier, who wants to marry Ruth, and who tells Mr. Hart that Tom Colby is after Ruth for her money. Tom and his mother and Edith go into the hills, where Tom searches for gold. They are without food and have to kill the golden goose. In cleaning it Mrs. Colby finds what appears to be grains of gold in the gall of the goose. Tom goes to the place where the goose has been feeding and locates a rich strike. In the meantime Ruth discovers that Paul Goelet, the cashier, has lied to her father regarding Tom Colby, and insists upon his dismissal. Goelet. in revenge, starts a run on the bank. Tom happens along, stakes his golden Goose Mine against the integrity of the bank and thus averts disaster. Mr. Hart, recognizing Tom's worth, consents to his marriage with Ruth. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Raymond B. West
Producer
Thomas H. Ince
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Updated Oct 28, 1914
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Oct 28, 1914 (United States)

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Claude N. Mortensen
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