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  • A Blacksmith's Daughter (1909)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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A Blacksmith's Daughter (1909)
Short | Short, Drama
Helen, the pretty daughter of John Wright, a blacksmith, is the belle among the working girls of a small village near New York. Helen is a bit of a coquette and when she takes her father's lunch to him at his shop, she causes a flurry in ...See moreHelen, the pretty daughter of John Wright, a blacksmith, is the belle among the working girls of a small village near New York. Helen is a bit of a coquette and when she takes her father's lunch to him at his shop, she causes a flurry in the hearts of the blacksmith's two sturdy helpers, Jim and Tom. Helen really cares for Jim, who is madly in love with her. When Jim sees Tom trying to make up to Helen, he challenges the rival to a fist fight, and we see the two giants at the rear of the shop punching each other for fair. Meanwhile Arthur Langley, a handsome stranger from the city, has ridden up to have a shoe put on his horse. While the father is at work on the horse, Langley flirts with the beautiful daughter. The two rival smiths are still punching away at each other. Jim whips his rival, but his triumph is short lived, for when he comes back to Helen he finds her absorbed in the stranger and himself ignored. The next day, in a picturesque spot in the woods, Jim finds Langley kissing the girl. Jim demands that she choose between them, and Helen goes to Langley. The next morning the girl elopes with Langley and she sends a note from a hotel in New York to her father, telling him that she is married to Langley. The distracted father shows the letter to Jim, who goes to New York. Providing himself with a wedding ring and securing a minister, Jim calls on the eloping couple. Jim, with the aid of a pistol, makes Langley understand that if he wishes to be happy and keep lead out of his system he, Langley, will marry Helen right then and there. The minister enters and marries the couple and Jim departs. A month later we find Helen enjoying the luxuries of life in New York, but a rude awakening is at hand. Langley is arrested by two detectives and the blacksmith's daughter is informed that "Langley" is really the notorious forger and bigamist "Bob Hayes." The next day, crushed by a realization of her terrible mistake, Helen determines to end her misery by suicide. Jim reads in a newspaper of Langley's villainy and arrest and he goes to New York to help Helen. He finds in her room a note, telling her father that she is about to drown herself. Jim rushes frantically to the nearest dock. He is not an instant too soon, for the poor girl has just leaped into the water. Jim dives into the river and after a heroic struggle, saves Helen. An officious policeman comes up and declares that he must arrest Helen for attempting suicide. Biff! Jim's powerful fist shoots out and Mr. Policeman goes into the river, and while he is struggling in the water, Jim carries Helen to safety. Some months pass and Jim visits the house of his old boss the blacksmith, who is happy again in the possession of his dear Helen. Jim does not mention his love of the girl for whom he has done so much, but Helen's experience has taught her that "true hearts are more than coronets," and she tells Jim so. Jim takes the hint and the blacksmith's daughter becomes a blacksmith's wife. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Joseph A. Golden
Producer
David Horsley
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Updated Aug 25, 1909
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Aug 25, 1909 (United States)

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