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In All Things Moderation (1914)
Short | Drama, Short

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In All Things Moderation (1914)

Short | Drama, Short

At the beginning of the play one is taken into the Graham family. There is the mother, a timid creature who leads a life of drudgery; there is the father, David, harsh, overbearing in his religious convictions; there are the three grown ...See moreAt the beginning of the play one is taken into the Graham family. There is the mother, a timid creature who leads a life of drudgery; there is the father, David, harsh, overbearing in his religious convictions; there are the three grown children, Mary, Winnie and Tom. And in this family we get the contrasts; the man (in the father) who carries his religion too far and the girl (Winnie) who loves pleasure too much. In the house the father is the dominant figure; in his presence there is constrained silence and the children hate it all, though submitting. Then we are taken into the fields and introduced to Winnie's lover, Harry. That night the three children steal out for an evening's fun, returning, all but Tom, before the father enters the house. Tom has had a glass too much, and when he faces his father there is a dramatic scene in which his father tells him he is going to the devil. A cane is raised; the mother steps in and receives the blow. Mrs. Graham is suddenly taken sick. Graham, taking the matter lightly, blames her sufferings on the children. The father finds her later, instructing the children to always obey their father. He rebukes the children for making a fuss over their mother, sends them to bed and turns down the light. There, in the dark room and alone, the mother passes out of this life, glad that it is ended. Time passes. The two girls and boy, tired of their father's preaching, decide to enjoy themselves in spite of it all. Then Harry asks for the hand of Winnie. He is refused by the father, who says that she is to marry a man of religion. The pair elope and go to live by themselves. Tom, the son, leaves home under a cloud. The old man disinherits both of them. Mary, who has shouldered the work left by her dead mother, also marries, and thus the old man is left alone with seemingly no one to care whether he lives or dies. Yet when he is sick Mary comes to visit him, only to be rebuffed. Winnie, in the meantime, is discovering that Harry is a drunkard. After a brutal assault upon her, she goes to her father to be taken in. The father refuses, telling her her place is by her husband's side. Winnie returns; there is a scene in which the husband, crazed with drink, kills the girl. When Mary and her husband enter the house they discover both the husband and the wife dead. Harry ended his own life on the realization of his act, leaving a note to the old man telling him to preach less and practice more. Years passed by and a child blesses the home of Mary and her husband. This child, unknown to the parents, makes the acquaintance of the old father. And this is the beginning of the regeneration of him. Tom returns, now a man and prosperous. Over the grave of his dead sister he meets his father, and for the first time the old man softens. In the end the regeneration of the father is complete and there is a happy reunion all around. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Howard Crampton David Graham David Graham See fewer	20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1916)
Dorothy Phillips Mary Graham - the Oldest Daughter Mary Graham - the Oldest Daughter See fewer	Broadway Love (1918)
Ruth Donnelly Winnie Graham - the Youngest Daughter Winnie Graham - the Youngest Daughter See fewer	Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Alexander Gaden Tom Graham - the Son Tom Graham - the Son See fewer	The Skull (1914)
Edmund Mortimer Mary's Husband Mary's Husband See fewer	The Broad Road (1923)