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Poet and Peasant (1912)
Short | Drama, Romance, Short

Poet and Peasant (1912)

Short | Drama, Romance, Short

Louis La Salle, a young poet, tired of the dissipations of Paris, resolves to quit Paris for a summer holiday and go for a walking tour in Normandy. Mr. Savard lives on his small farm with his daughter Toinette. Baptiste, a deformed ...See moreLouis La Salle, a young poet, tired of the dissipations of Paris, resolves to quit Paris for a summer holiday and go for a walking tour in Normandy. Mr. Savard lives on his small farm with his daughter Toinette. Baptiste, a deformed farmhand, worships Toinette from a distance, but never dreams she can return his affection. Louis meets Toinette and asks where he can obtain a night's lodging. She invites him to her father's house. Toinette learns to love him, but no one sees the danger but Baptiste, who is powerless to interfere. For a while Toinette lives in a fool's paradise, then Louis is recalled to Paris and soon forgets her. She is broken-hearted and gradually fades away. On her death-bed she gives Baptiste a trinket Louis had given her, to give him if he ever returns. Two years pass, and Louis, with some friends, comes back to the village. He suddenly recalls Toinette and visits her old home to find it deserted. In the churchyard he meets Baptiste. The latter, first in a passion, seizes him by the throat, upbraiding him with his treachery to the dead. Then the memory of Toinette comes to him. He releases Louis, gives him the token and bids him go, and Louis, bowing his head in shame, leaves Baptiste alone with his dead love. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Herbert Barry Louis LaSalle, a Poet Louis LaSalle, a Poet See fewer	The Little Minister (1913)
Charles Eldridge Jean Savard, a Peasant Jean Savard, a Peasant See fewer	As You Like It (1912)
Clara Kimball Young Toinette Savard, the Daughter Toinette Savard, the Daughter See fewer	The Common Law (1916)
James Young Baptiste, a Hunchback Baptiste, a Hunchback See fewer	On Trial (1917)