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  • Fate (II) (1911)
  • Short | Drama, Short
Fate (II) (1911)
Short | Drama, Short
Jack Norton had traveled the downgrade, had transgressed the laws of man, had trespassed the forbidden, and paid the penalty. But he escaped from prison, and in some way, mapped out perhaps by Fate ages ago, met sweet little Flora Harding....See moreJack Norton had traveled the downgrade, had transgressed the laws of man, had trespassed the forbidden, and paid the penalty. But he escaped from prison, and in some way, mapped out perhaps by Fate ages ago, met sweet little Flora Harding. Jack looked into her eyes and the storm in his soul subsided, the rancor of his wounded heart was soothed. Those eyes of Flora were the gospel, a psalm and a sermon by themselves. Jack determined to leave his evil companions and the viciousness of his former life, and make of himself a man worthy of the name and the girl. She says yes, when he asks her the old question, and for the first time in his tempestuous career, Jack faces a life of peace and love. In time a little stranger comes to bless the union, a baby girl, with the wistful, wondering charm of the girl wife and mother. Jack's cup of happiness is filled to the brim, and the path of life looms up rosy and bright and buoyant. Enter Fate, with her mystic web, which forthwith she begins spinning. A fellow prisoner of the old days, meets Jack and recognizes him as the escaped convict. He demands blackmail to keep the secret. Jack gives him money, more and more, until at last there is no more to give. But the other demands, and Jack, to save the innocent names of the two he loves, steals. He is detected. Society must be protected, so Jack returns to prison. The long years speed by, freedom is once more his. Yet, not freedom. He cannot return to his wife and child, he cannot look men in the eye. There is but one thing for him to do, to go on in the old way, the evil way, go on until death releases the fetters. He enters a house to steal, and sees a little girl. She speaks to him, tells him that her papa has gone away, that her mother has brought her a new papa, and that she does not like him. And he looks at her and knows, and, well, Fate is a little pitying, too, for she summons her Silent Messenger and the anguish of a human heart at last finds peace in the Valley of Beyond. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Phillips Smalley | Lois Weber
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Updated Jul 6, 1911
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Jul 6, 1911 (United States)

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Jack Norton Jack Norton   See fewer
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Flora Brown Flora Brown   See fewer
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