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The Recoil (1912)
Short | Short, Drama

The Recoil (1912)

Short | Short, Drama

Giovanni is the leader of discontented laborers. Simpson, the young superintendent, is in love with Giovanni's daughter, but Giovanni doesn't know it because of the sure opposition he would create if it came to his knowledge. Simpson does ...See moreGiovanni is the leader of discontented laborers. Simpson, the young superintendent, is in love with Giovanni's daughter, but Giovanni doesn't know it because of the sure opposition he would create if it came to his knowledge. Simpson does everything he can to prevent his employers from getting after Giovanni, but he fails and is instructed to have Giovanni sent up. He tells Giovanni's daughter about his predicament, but she tells him to do his duty, that she is not in favor of his anarchistic ideas. He is so impressed by the girl's courage that he asks her to marry him at once and she agrees. Giovanni is sent up for disorderly conduct, and he gets the limit. The newly married couple settle down and the only blight on their happiness is the girl's grief over her father. Simpson sympathizes with her and she realizes that it cannot be helped. Giovanni is released and his first thought is to make good his threat to "get" Simpson when he got out. Knowing it is the hour when Simpson will be practically alone at the works, he takes his time clock bomb and hides in one of the old shacks. Simpson comes in and is overcome and tied tightly in a chair. The bomb is placed in front of him. Giovanni leaves, locking the door after him. He goes to his old home and finds it deserted. Flashes go back all the time to Simpson and each time the clock facing him shows another minute gone. He meets a friend and is told that his daughter married Simpson. His anger well nigh becomes insanity and he vows to kill her too. He gets his stiletto and starts for the Simpson home. He finds the door open and enters. Upstairs his daughter is sewing on baby clothes. He steps into the room bent on murder, then sees her kiss the little clothes. His hand lowers and he slowly goes over to her. She rises and with a glad cry runs to him. He holds her from him and tries to hide his knife. He then gets the whole story and again his anger flares forth until she picks up the baby clothes and tells him of the future. Then the horrible thought bursts upon him that the father of his daughter's child will be murdered by him if he can't reach him in time. He tells her, begs forgiveness and rushes from the room as she drops to her knees. Over hill, down streets, over fences, exhausted and hardly able to stagger, he fights his way on, while all the time we see Simpson facing the clock with its hands steadily reaching the hour. On the minute before, he smashes through the door and grasping the bomb throws it beyond the shack, where it explodes. The girl, as the clock reaches the hour, faints. Untying Simpson the Italian breaks down and falls on his knees beside him sobbing. Simpson helps him to his feet and they leave. The father, daughter and husband are reconciled at the finish. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Henry B. Walthall Giovanni - the Labor Agitator Giovanni - the Labor Agitator See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Gertrude Robinson Giovanni's Daughter Giovanni's Daughter See fewer	The Feud and the Turkey (1908)
James Cooley Simpson - the Daughter's Husband Simpson - the Daughter's Husband See fewer	The Van Nostrand Tiara (1913)

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