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  • A Double Sacrifice (1913)
  • Short | 11 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
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A Double Sacrifice (1913)
Short | 11 min | Short, Comedy, Drama
Jim and John Marsh, twin brothers, are totally unlike in nature and appearance. Jim is healthy, while John is sickly. Their father is a ranchman. May, the daughter of Ranchman Holt, has grown up with them. May is much attached to Jim and ...See moreJim and John Marsh, twin brothers, are totally unlike in nature and appearance. Jim is healthy, while John is sickly. Their father is a ranchman. May, the daughter of Ranchman Holt, has grown up with them. May is much attached to Jim and pays a good deal of attention to John from sympathy. He is hopelessly in love with her, but refrains from showing it. On their birthday, Mr. Marsh gives the boys each one thousand dollars. John banks his, but Jim embraces the chance to see the outside world. Two years pass and Jim has had a good time, but no money. He receives a letter from May telling him that his brother John is failing fast and asks for him. Jim returns and his father berates him for squandering his money. Jim is astonished at the change in his boyhood sweetheart, May. It is not long before they are deeply in love with each other. Jim proposes and is accepted and asks Mr. Holt for his daughter. Mr. Holt tells him that when he can show him one thousand dollars that he has earned he can have May. Upon his return home John notes his downcast demeanor; he persuades Jim to tell him what is the matter and upon learning the truth he persuades Jim to take his thousand dollars. Mr. Holt is puzzled, but is a man of his word and Jim rides away to buy the ring. Marsh has bought a bunch of cattle from Holt and has to deliver his thousand dollars the same day. During the night one of the cowboys steals the money. Marsh comes to the hasty conclusion that Jim has taken it. He goes to Holt to explain the delay and learns that Jim had one thousand dollars and their suspicions become certainties. They ride off for the sheriff for Marsh intends to punish Jim. May overhears them and runs to John for advice. He tells her of the money he gave Jim and hands her the check stub. She gives him a good kiss and hurries off and intercepts the sheriff. They return to thank the sick man, but find that he has peacefully passed away. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated May 28, 1913
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May 28, 1913 (United States)

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