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  • The Rock of Hope (1914)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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The Rock of Hope (1914)
Short | Short, Drama
When the play opens we are introduced to one John Grey, who is affianced to a wholesome, pretty girl, Alice. Alice is sick with an ailment of the throat, which demands a technical operation. Dr. Grey is to accomplish it. At this point we ...See moreWhen the play opens we are introduced to one John Grey, who is affianced to a wholesome, pretty girl, Alice. Alice is sick with an ailment of the throat, which demands a technical operation. Dr. Grey is to accomplish it. At this point we meet Dr. Ralph Nevis, Dr. Grey's rival for the hand of Alice, and a member of Grey's club. On the day of the operation, young Dr. Grey calls at the club, where circumstances bring about a meeting with his rival. Nevis, knowing of the contemplated operation, and knowing Grey's love for drink, cleverly manages to induce Grey to become intoxicated. He leaves him in a stupor, and visiting Alice's father, successfully urges the father to allow him to perform the operation, explaining, the while, Dr. Grey's condition. Later, Dr. Grey, recovering, rushes to his fiancée's home, only to learn that his rival has performed the operation with success. Alice and her father, deceived by the smooth tongue of Nevis, denounces Grey and refuses him further admittance to the house. Desperate over the turn in his love affair, despondent because of his weakness, Dr. Grey departs from the city to bury himself in a small fishing village, there to forget his drink, And for a time he does forget, but in the forgetting his health becomes undermined, and he becomes, as it were, a moral wreck. The time comes, however, when young Grey stands upon the rocks overlooking the sea. It is the moment of contemplation, and in that moment his eye falls upon a large flat rock, bearing a faded cross and the word "Hope" painted there in memory of a ship that had gone down years before. The word "Hope"' stimulates some spark of manhood that had lain dormant in the heart of this young fellow. It is the beginning of his reformation. As time passes he again takes up his practice, determined to at least be of some good in this fishing village. In the meantime Ralph and Alice, who are now married, determine to visit this fishing village for an outing, unaware that Grey has taken up his residence there. Dr. Grey discovers their presence when he is called to attend Nevis, who has injured himself. His hatred for the man battles against his realization of duty. But duty wins and he brings Nevis around. Alice and Grey meet at the "Rock of Hope," where Grey has been in the habit of going. Explanations follow. Yet the girl and man can see no way out of the trouble. Later Grey meets Nevis and is barely prevented from killing him for his villainy. Nevis' fate, however, is sealed; he accidentally falls over the cliff to his death. Satisfied that vengeance has been accomplished by a higher power than his, Grey worships at the rock, and here Alice finds him, with hope in her heart for better and happier days to come. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Harry Myers
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Updated Oct 2, 1914
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Oct 2, 1914 (United States)

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