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  • The Hole in the Garden Wall (1914)
  • Short | 10 min | Short, Drama, Romance
The Hole in the Garden Wall (1914)
Short | 10 min | Short, Drama, Romance
Elsie and Rupert people of independence, live next door to each other on either side of a garden wall. Rupert and Joe are suitors for Elsie's hand. Rupert writes Elsie a letter, asking her to wear a white rose if her answer is Yes and a ...See moreElsie and Rupert people of independence, live next door to each other on either side of a garden wall. Rupert and Joe are suitors for Elsie's hand. Rupert writes Elsie a letter, asking her to wear a white rose if her answer is Yes and a red rose if it's No. Joe reads the letter before it is sealed and substitutes the word white for red. Elsie, who really loves Rupert and thinks that the red rose means happiness to him, pins the white rose in Joe's coat and wears the red herself. Brokenhearted, Rupert disappears without waiting for an explanation. Ten years later he is in a rough mining room volunteering to adopt a baby boy who has been left fatherless and motherless. Four years later he returns to his home. Elsie has not married, living true to her love for Rupert. The four-year-old boy finds a hole in the garden wall and crawls through it. He finds Elsie grown older and sad, sitting in the garden. They become great friends. The child finds a photo of Elsie on her bedside table, takes it, and crawls through the hole in the wall and gives it to Rupert, saying that the lady next door sent it to him. The child then takes Rupert's photo from his room and carries it to Elsie with the same message. Rupert is delighted to get Elsie's picture and sends a note by the child, expressing his gratitude to her for her thoughtfulness after all these years. As the child enters to deliver Rupert's note Elsie gives the child one for Rupert, the child takes her note first, then hands Rupert's and runs away. The child gives Rupert the note which reads almost identical with his own, to Elsie. Both Rupert and Elsie run to the garden wall to explain, and there the happy reunion takes place. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Rupert Julian
Writer
Rupert Julian (story)
Producer
Joseph De Grasse
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Updated Aug 23, 1914
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Aug 23, 1914 (United States)

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4 cast members
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Rupert Julian
Rupert - The Boy Rupert - The Boy   See fewer
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Elsie Jane Wilson's primary photo
Elsie Jane Wilson
Elsie - The Girl Elsie - The Girl   See fewer
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Joe King
Joe - The Rival (as Joseph King) Joe - The Rival (as Joseph King)   See fewer
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Felix Walsh
Little Felix - The Orphan Little Felix - The Orphan   See fewer
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