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The Idiot (I) (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

The Idiot (I) (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

There lived in a country an idiot who was very devout, attending church regularly, and singing on all occasions when joy possessed him the old hymn, "Halleluiah." He was not of great assistance on the farm. His father would have preferred ...See moreThere lived in a country an idiot who was very devout, attending church regularly, and singing on all occasions when joy possessed him the old hymn, "Halleluiah." He was not of great assistance on the farm. His father would have preferred a strong healthy lad who could have eased his shoulders of the burdens of his declining years. Likewise his mother would have welcomed a daughter who could have saved her bent back and rheumatic joints from the grind of housework. Therefore, they cuff and elbow the idiotic son about which mistreatments he accepts silently and as a matter of course. He feeds the pigs, goes to the post offices, loves the woods and is kind to dumb animals. One day the house catches fire and his mother, choked by smoke, falls in the burning building. The neighbors try ineffectually to extinguish the flames and are forced back by the heat. The father, a coward at heart, hearing his wife's cries, implores the watchers to rescue her, but none respond. The frantic old man then sinks to his knees and asks God to help him. As if in response to his prayers, the idiot, his son, whom he has kicked about, staggers into the flames, rescues his mother, and chanting the familiar hymn, falls dead at her feet. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Robert Harron The Idiot The Idiot See fewer	Intolerance (1916)
F.A. Turner The Idiot's Father (as Fred A. Turner) The Idiot's Father (as Fred A. Turner) See fewer	Restitution (1918)
Josephine Crowell The Idiot's Mother The Idiot's Mother See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Donald Crisp Undetermined Role (unconfirmed) Undetermined Role (unconfirmed) See fewer	How Green Was My Valley (1941)
George Morgan Undetermined Role (unconfirmed) Undetermined Role (unconfirmed) See fewer	The Lurking Peril (1919)