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  • The Hand of Providence (1913)
  • Short | 11 min | Short, Drama
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The Hand of Providence (1913)
Short | 11 min | Short, Drama
Robbins, a criminal who lives by forging checks, has as a wife. Pearl, a good woman, who, while lamenting his unworthy and nefarious occupation, tries to be a good wife to him. He is arrested and sentenced to fifteen years in the ...See moreRobbins, a criminal who lives by forging checks, has as a wife. Pearl, a good woman, who, while lamenting his unworthy and nefarious occupation, tries to be a good wife to him. He is arrested and sentenced to fifteen years in the penitentiary at hard labor. She is compelled to seek work and takes a position with a wealthy doctor as governess to his orphaned child. Robbins, in jail, formulates a plan to escape, and writes a letter to his wife at their old address, asking her to meet him at a certain place. This he gives to a fellow-convict to mail for him. They try their plan and get away from the prison. The keepers chase them, and fire on them, wounding Robbins and killing his comrade, on whom is found the letter. The following morning the newspapers publishes a story to the effect that Bobbins was killed, and quoting the letter as authority and a means of identification. Pearl believes that her husband is dead. An attachment springs up between the doctor and Pearl, and when he proposes marriage to her and asks her to become a mother to his child, she accepts and they are married. Later Robbins, who escaped and recovered from his wound, chances to see Pearl and the child. He follows her, and finding out where she lives, calls there the next day. He extorts money from her under threats. The next day he again calls and asks Pearl for more money. Pearl refuses and Bobbins proceeds to choke her. The child sees him and runs and tells her father that a burglar is killing her mother. The doctor gets his revolver and enters the room and stops Robbins from killing Pearl. The two men struggle and by accident the gun is discharged, inflicting a wound on Robbins that proves fatal. The doctor still believes that Robbins is a burglar, until Pearl shows him the clipping from the newspaper, and telling the doctor that she believed him dead from the newspaper report. The doctor takes her in his arms and offers prayers of thanks for his timely entrance and the fortunate death of the unworthy forger. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Phillips Smalley
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Updated Sep 14, 1913
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Sep 14, 1913 (United States)

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