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The Miser (I) (1913)
Short | Drama, Short

The Miser (I) (1913)

Short | Drama, Short

Paul is the only son of John Osborne, a retired merchant. Osborne's life is centered in his son, his wife having been dead for years. He desires that Paul shall make a brilliant marriage. With this object in view, he arranges a match with ...See morePaul is the only son of John Osborne, a retired merchant. Osborne's life is centered in his son, his wife having been dead for years. He desires that Paul shall make a brilliant marriage. With this object in view, he arranges a match with the daughter of a wealthy acquaintance and notifies Paul of his plans. Paul, unknown to his father, has fallen in love with Alice, the daughter of a foreman in one of the mills. He strenuously objects to the proposed match. Matters are brought to a crisis, however, by the rejected suitor of Alice, who betrays the lovers to Paul's father. One day the lovers are surprised by John Osborne, who demands that Paul give his sweetheart up. Paul refuses to do so, and, carried away with rage and disappointment, the father tells Paul to choose between him and his sweetheart. Love conquers duty. After their marriage, Paul takes Alice to his father's house and pleads for a reconciliation, but his father spurns him. Paul secures a position in one of the mills. Two children come to bless the little home. Paul has become a sturdy, skilled worker. The elder Osborne grieves for his son, but his stubbornness will not permit of a reconciliation. He soon comes to be regarded as a miser by the townsmen. Trouble and misfortune, however, come to darken the home of Paul and Alice. A panic sweeps over the country and one by one the mills are closed. The bank in which their small savings are kept fails. One of the babies falls ill, and Paul tramps the streets in search for work. One day, when he is returning from his fruitless search, he sees his father on the street, and withdraws out of his sight until the old man passes, but he hears the remarks of the bystanders and thinks how well he could use a little of his father's treasure. When he reaches home he finds the baby is falling, professional nursing, change of climate and money are needed to save the little one. Paul thinks of his father and the gossip he has heard. He resolves to rob his father. That night he enters the familiar grounds for the first time since his marriage. He peers into the window and sees his father in the old chair. He slips into the room, through the window, and secretes himself to await the nocturnal visit to the treasure trove which he is sure his father will pay before retiring. The old man picks up the lamp and slowly climbs the stairs to the attic. Paul follows closely and secretes himself while his father produces an old tin box and places it on the table. The old man is soon lost in contemplation of the contents of the box, and Paul cautiously draws nearer, but when he sees what the box contains, he stands transfixed: a child's shoe, a top, marbles, a ball and mitt, and many other relics of his own childhood and boyhood. He blindly turns to go, but in his agitation he strikes against a chair, and his father starts up in alarm. Paul confesses the object of his visit and the necessity which drove him to it, and asks forgiveness. The pride of the old man is at last broken. He sees the trouble and unhappiness it has brought to him and his son, and he begs Paul's forgiveness, and entreats to be taken to Alice, that he may make his peace with her. The little cottage presents a different scene now. John Osborne sits with the little ill grandchild on his knee and tells him of sunny climes and of the grand house where he will live when they return. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Edwin Carewe Paul Osborne Paul Osborne See fewer	Across the Pacific (1914)
Ernestine Morley Alice - the Foreman's Daughter Alice - the Foreman's Daughter See fewer	On the Threshold (1913)
John Smiley John Osborne - Paul's Father - the Miser (as John H. Smiley) John Osborne - Paul's Father - the Miser (as John H. Smiley) See fewer	The Battle of Shiloh (1913)
Isabel Lamon The Wealthy Prospect The Wealthy Prospect See fewer	Little Women (1918)
Buster Johnson Paul Osborne's Son Paul Osborne's Son See fewer	The Kiddies' Christmas (1911)