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  • The Foster Father (1911)
  • Short | Drama, Short
The Foster Father (1911)
Short | Drama, Short
Two robbers are making a hasty retreat across the roofs of some houses, followed by the police. One is captured and the other, slipping down the fire-escape, enters the room. Here he finds a dead mother and little boy, and quickly seizing ...See moreTwo robbers are making a hasty retreat across the roofs of some houses, followed by the police. One is captured and the other, slipping down the fire-escape, enters the room. Here he finds a dead mother and little boy, and quickly seizing this chance, he clasps the baby in his arms, and when the officers come they find what they suppose to be a broken-hearted father and husband at the side of his dead wife. Deceived by appearances, they let him go, and he with the child goes west, where he strikes it rich in the gold fields and becomes a prosperous and respected citizen. Years later his old pal is released from prison and hearing of the whereabouts of his old friend, seeks him out and threatens to expose him to his daughter if he is not given hush money. Rather than this the reformed man would give away all he has, and is about to give his old comrade money when the curtains are thrust aside and his daughter enters, having overheard the entire conversation. Realizing her foster father's black past she still forgives him. She refuses to let him pay money, thus ridding them both once and for all of all connection with the life they have left so far behind them Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Apr 29, 1911
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Apr 29, 1911 (United States)

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