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  • The Aftermath (1914)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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The Aftermath (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

Newspapers attribute several recent cases of housebreaking to the work of hungry and desperate unemployed. Mrs. Morrison, invalid mother of labor delegate, Morrison, demands protection for her home and her son consents to furnish her with ...See moreNewspapers attribute several recent cases of housebreaking to the work of hungry and desperate unemployed. Mrs. Morrison, invalid mother of labor delegate, Morrison, demands protection for her home and her son consents to furnish her with a revolver. His sympathies aroused, manufacturer Gage sends his son, Franklin, to negotiate for arbitration. Delegate Morrison and Franklin closet themselves for secret conference at the former's home, where the discussion lasts until the small hours. Mrs. Morrison investigates the noise, sees the stranger leaving at the front door, and in a moment of thoughtlessness, fires. Morning dawns with the mother prostrated and the boy a fugitive from justice, his sister alone cognizant of his innocence and self-sacrifice. She is listening to her father, who is a detective, setting stoically out in pursuit of his own, his innocent son. Powerless to reveal the real status of affairs, the girl but can curb her emotion, and watch and wait. The son hearing of his mother's illness, jeopardizes his safety to see her, and the father, entering shortly afterward, finds him there. The father knows full well what penalty would be exacted for his son's offense, but finds himself placed in such a position that to let him go would mean the sacrifice of his own principles, honor, perhaps even liberty; the son refuses to clear himself at his mother's expense; the sister finds that to clear one would mean to expose the other, and as for the poor mother, shall she rescue her innocent son from the death penalty at the expense of her own life? When mortals stand aghast and paralyzed, it is a Higher Power that adjusts human affairs, and solves the riddle, although the toll of life for life cannot be gainsaid. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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George A. Posner (story) (as G.A. Posner)
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Updated Aug 31, 1914

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Aug 31, 1914 (United States)

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7 cast members
Name Known for
William Garwood
Tom Morrison Tom Morrison   See fewer
Vivian Rich
Ann Morrison - Tom's Sister Ann Morrison - Tom's Sister   See fewer
Louise Lester
Mrs. Morrison - Tom's Mother Mrs. Morrison - Tom's Mother   See fewer
Harry von Meter
Richard Morrison - Tom's Father Richard Morrison - Tom's Father   See fewer
Thomas Hull
Harrison Gage (as Tom Gulliver) Harrison Gage (as Tom Gulliver)   See fewer
Jack Richardson
Frank Gage Frank Gage   See fewer
B. Reeves Eason
Walking Delegate (as Reeves Eason) Walking Delegate (as Reeves Eason)   See fewer
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