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  • In Dis-a-Countree (1912)
  • Short | Drama, Short
In Dis-a-Countree (1912)
Short | Drama, Short
Angelo Ragone, a young Italian peasant, marries Marie Perfetti. After two months of wedded life, Angelo decides to go to America. Arriving in America, Angelo begins life as a laborer. He makes a companion of Tony Bosso, a fellow laborer. ...See moreAngelo Ragone, a young Italian peasant, marries Marie Perfetti. After two months of wedded life, Angelo decides to go to America. Arriving in America, Angelo begins life as a laborer. He makes a companion of Tony Bosso, a fellow laborer. The two share a room together with another laborer and an organ grinder. One night Bosso and the other laborer attempt to rob the organ grinder of his bag of money. A struggle ensues. Angelo attempts to protect the organ grinder but is knocked senseless. The organ grinder is killed, Basso and his accomplice escape. When the police arrive, they find Angelo just recovering consciousness in the room with the dead man. Angelo is accused of the crime and thrown into prison. In the meantime, back in Italy, a son is born to Marie. After waiting in vain for word from her husband in America, Marie and Petro, her father and her baby come to America to search for Angelo. They learn of his misfortune but are powerless to help him. They rent a modest room and the old father goes to work to support his daughter and her child. Tony Bosso is now living in the next room to Marie and her father. He is taken sick with pneumonia and on his death-bed confesses his misdeed and Angelo's innocence. Angelo is released from prison and he and his family commence a new and happy life in "dis-a countree." Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Siegmund Lubin
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Updated Feb 21, 1912
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Feb 21, 1912 (United States)

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