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The Thief (I) (1912)
Short | Drama, Romance, Short

The Thief (I) (1912)

Short | Drama, Romance, Short

Lillie Harding, employed by a cloak house, is invited by the bookkeeper, her sweetheart, to attend a dance. Realizing the poor quality of her clothes she sighs for a pretty new coat. The young girl is unable to resist vanity's temptation ...See moreLillie Harding, employed by a cloak house, is invited by the bookkeeper, her sweetheart, to attend a dance. Realizing the poor quality of her clothes she sighs for a pretty new coat. The young girl is unable to resist vanity's temptation and she borrows a handsome lace coat from the showrooms. When her mother learns what she has done she censures Lillie and tells her the coat should not be worn, but the girl makes light of it and promises to return the coat the next morning. At the dance the bookkeeper accidentally sees the tag on the coat. He accuses Lillie of having stolen it and breaks their engagement. The next morning, fearing detection, Lillie asks her mother to bring the coat to the store. Shortly after Lillie arrives at her work the coat is called for and Lillie tells the forelady it has been misplaced. Lillie is suspected of stealing the coat and officers with a search warrant are sent to her home to recover it. In the meantime Lillie's mother has started for the store to return the garment, but is delayed first by missing the ferry and again by a train at a street crossing. She eventually reaches the store and gives the coat to Jack, the bookkeeper, who places it back of one of the drawers when no one is looking. A little later on he inquires if they have found the coat, and when told that it has been stolen, he joins in the search and brings out the trouble-making garment. Lillie, realizing the wrong she has done, is heartbroken, but Jack, believing she has been sufficiently punished, decides to forgive her. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Tom Moore Jack Brown - The Bookkeeper Jack Brown - The Bookkeeper See fewer	On Thin Ice (1925)
Hazel Neason Lillie Larken Lillie Larken See fewer	The Garden of Fate (1910)
Ralph B. Mitchell Mr. Heimer - The Drummer Mr. Heimer - The Drummer See fewer	The Little Keeper of the Light (1912)
Gertrude Norman Mrs. Larken - Lillie's Mother Mrs. Larken - Lillie's Mother See fewer	The Greene Murder Case (1929)

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