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  • Father and Son (1917)
  • Short | Short, Drama
Father and Son (1917)
Short | Short, Drama
After her marriage to Harris, Katherine realizes that she has made a mistake. When her baby boy is born she takes her child and leaves her husband. Later, securing a divorce, Katherine marries Martin Elwood, who proves a kind and indulgent...See moreAfter her marriage to Harris, Katherine realizes that she has made a mistake. When her baby boy is born she takes her child and leaves her husband. Later, securing a divorce, Katherine marries Martin Elwood, who proves a kind and indulgent father to Robert, the boy. Twenty years later Robert, is a typical "gilded" youth, and shows every inclination to follow in the footsteps of his own father. Finally Elwood refuses the boy admittance to his home. Near a gambling joint, Robert is accosted by a beggar, who is really the boy's father. He plots with the beggar who consents to rob Elwood of money, so that Robert can pay his gambling debts. The beggar gains entrance to Elwood's home. As he is about to open the safe he sees a full length portrait of Katherine. He inspects the room and finds a portrait of Robert. The beggar suddenly realizes that the boy waiting outside is his own son. Later Harris, the beggar, is sent to prison, and when Robert learns this he offers to help him, but the beggar refuses the boy's aid. The excitement of again meeting his son proves too much for Harris and he dies. Robert, sincerely mourning the man who helped him, calls for what few effects Harris had with him when made a prisoner. Looking through them the boy finds a picture of his mother, himself and Harris, and this fact causes him to realize that the man who had just died was his own father. The shock brings Robert to realize that rather than let the boy discover the fact that the beggar was his father, he pleaded guilty to a crime he never committed. Through the beggar's sacrifice and through mother love, Robert becomes a new man. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Otis Thayer
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Updated Apr 30, 1917
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Apr 1917 (United States)

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4 cast members
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Frederick Eckhart
Harris (as Fred Eckhart) Harris (as Fred Eckhart)   See fewer
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Bernadine Zuber
Katherine (as Byrdine Zuber) Katherine (as Byrdine Zuber)   See fewer
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Matthew Betz
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Robert Harris Robert Harris   See fewer
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