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  • Little Meg and I (1914)
  • Short | Short, Drama, Romance
Little Meg and I (1914)
Short | Short, Drama, Romance
An old captain on a summers night sits down to tell his mates a story, a story of his own life and wrecked romance. It was the story of his youth, and as the poem by G.C.T. Murphy goes, from which the script was written, he had grown up ...See moreAn old captain on a summers night sits down to tell his mates a story, a story of his own life and wrecked romance. It was the story of his youth, and as the poem by G.C.T. Murphy goes, from which the script was written, he had grown up with and loved little Meg Anderson, the daughter of a rich shipowner. He had realized the gulf that lay between them and the little girl had promised to wait for him when he went out on his long cruise. The words of the poem, which make the subtitles for the projected picture, continues: "Well, mates, we cruised for four long years, till at last one summer's day / Our good ship, the Minerva, cast anchor in the bay. / Oh, how my heart beat high with hope, as I saw her home once more. / And on the pier stood hundreds to welcome us ashore; / But my heart sank down within me as I gazed with anxious eye, / No little Meg stood on the dock as on the deck stood I. / Why, mates, it nearly broke my heart when I went ashore that day. / For they told me little Meg had wed, while I was far away. / They told me, too, they forced her to't, and wrecked her fair young life / Just think, messmates, a child in years, to be an old man's wife." As the story follows, it would seem that the girl's father had forced her into the unwholesome match. Time passes; the old man finishes with: "One blustering night Jack Glim and I were rowing to the shore. / When right ahead we saw a sight that made us hold our breath. / There floating in the pale moonlight was a woman cold in death. / I raised her up, oh, God, messmates, that I had passed her by, / There in the bay lay little Meg and over her stood I." Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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G.C.T. Murphy (poem)
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Updated Sep 7, 1914
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Sep 7, 1914 (United States)

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