Broken Threads United (1913)

movie

Country: USA
Genres: Drama, Short
Release: 1913-08-29
Director: N/A
Writers: N/A
Language: None | English
Stars: Thomas Commerford , Doris Mitchell , Richard Travers , Ruth Stonehouse , E.H. Calvert , Jules Ferrar , Lillian Drew
Runtime: 21 min
Awards: N/A
AKA: Broken Threads United (United States of America) , Broken Threads United
Plot: Hiram Daniels lives in the country with his daughter, Chloe, a winsome little lass who is very fond of her dad. The father, a kindly, simple-hearted old man, is called away to the city on business, and he and Chloe reluctantly bid each other good-bye. Daniels, while walking down one of the city's fashionable streets, sees a woman drop her purse as she is about to step into an automobile. He gallantly rescues it from the sidewalk and returns it to her. She smiles and graciously thanks him as she hands him her card. Daniels is struck with the beauty of the woman and gives her his card in return. Ann Taylor, on arriving at her apartment, tells her companions of the incident, which amuses them immensely. Ann tells the others that he is an easy mark and that if they will help her she will "work" him for all he is worth. At Anne's invitation Daniels calls on her several times. He becomes infatuated with the woman and proposes marriage. He secures a license, and one of Ann's companions, disguised as a minister, goes through the form of marrying the pair. Daniels brings his supposed wife to his home in the country and introduces her to his daughter. Chloe is brokenhearted, and after denouncing the woman and reproaching her father she leaves home with the determination of earning her own living. When Daniels discovers that his daughter is gone he goes for consolation and advice to Jim Halliday, Chloe's sweetheart. Daniels and Jim leave to search for Chloe. Chloe goes to the city and through an accident gets a position with a motion picture company. Daniels and Jim obtain the service of a detective to help them in their search for Chloe, and when showing him a picture of his daughter also shows him one of his wife. The detective recognizes her as one of a band of notorious crooks. Ann writes her friends that "the old fool has gone to the city, and if anything should happen to him I can let you have that $5,000." Her "tools" waylay the old man and entice him into a closed room of a "shady" café, where they try to poison him. The detective has followed them and reaches the café just in time to save the old man's life. The two criminals are arrested. In the meantime, Jim Halliday finds Chloe and takes her to the hotel where she is overjoyed to see her father again. The three, along with the detective, take the next train home where they discover Ann and her real husband, who has come to warn her, ready to make their escape. They are taken to police headquarters. Father and daughter are together again, "Broken Threads United," and the little romance that started in the cornfields is ended with the father's blessing as Jim claims Chloe for his own.
IMDB:tt0238881