His Father's Son - Cast

His Father's Son (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

His Father's Son (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

Cal, with his mother lives on a small sheep ranch, and is by no means wealthy. Cal is known as a dreamer throughout the countryside. His mother is a pathetic little thing who it would seem harbored some secret sorrow. Cal is sent one ...See moreCal, with his mother lives on a small sheep ranch, and is by no means wealthy. Cal is known as a dreamer throughout the countryside. His mother is a pathetic little thing who it would seem harbored some secret sorrow. Cal is sent one evening by his mother for coffee. Cal rides to the village store, arriving just in time to interfere with a crowd of drunken cowboys having sport at the expense of an old, well-known Indian who has been wounded by the cowboys. Cal takes him home. The Indian is attended to and fed. That evening Cal becomes sufficiently impressed with his mother's moroseness that he inquires relative to her past life. Incidentally he has seen her gazing upon an old photograph. The inscription on the photograph tells him that it is his father. Quite reluctantly his mother tells him her story. Twenty years previously she married the boy's father. He was a westerner and wealthy but was unsatisfied with the west. Soon after the marriage he sold out and went east. It was not long before he was a power in the business world. Then came society and his wife failed to accustom herself to the city. Her husband grew ashamed of her. Shortly after the baby was born life became unbearable. Taking her baby, she decided to leave for the west. She first wrote a note saying if he ever desired her, he might find her waiting. This note he never answered. With what money she had the mother bought the ranch which she now has. At the conclusion of the story Cal swears vengeance on his father. The old Indian dies, leaving Cal a piece of parchment describing the location of a valuable vein of gold. This vein makes Cal a rich man. Next we find him with his mother in the east. He has searched out his father's presence and acquaints himself with his business methods. Cal goes into the market and in a scene that is rife with excitement, forces his father to the wall. This done, Cal confronts his father with his mother and explains. The father denies having received the mother's note. They return to the home of the father and discover the note where it had been placed years before. Reconciliation follows and Cal has the satisfaction of seeing his mother happy. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
J. Warren Kerrigan Cal Horton Sr. - the Father / Cal Horton Jr. - the Son Cal Horton Sr. - the Father / Cal Horton Jr. - the Son See fewer	Captain Blood (1924)
Vera Sisson Mrs. Horton - Cal Jr.'s Mother Mrs. Horton - Cal Jr.'s Mother See fewer	The Married Virgin (1918)
Marc B. Robbins Actor (as Marc Robbins) Actor (as Marc Robbins) See fewer	The Tong Man (1919)
George Periolat Actor Actor See fewer	The Red Lily (1924)