The Man and the Girl (1909)

电影

国家/地区: 美国
类型: 剧情, 短片
上映日期: 1909-10-15
导演: Sidney Olcott
编剧: N/A
语言: English
演员: N/A
片长: 分钟
奖项: N/A
又名: The Man and the Girl , The Man and the Girl (美国)
剧情简介: This picture has for its theme the power of triumphant love and depicts the transformation worked in the nature of a man by his love for a young girl. At the time of the opening of our story they were both living in the same little Western mining camp. The man, Morgan, a big hulking miner, young, but crude and savage, disliked by all his fellow workmen on account of his sullen temper and vicious tongue; the girl, Nance, a timid, gentle slip of a young girl, just budding into womanhood. Scene I: The Girl Fills a Mother's Place. In one of the little cabins that dot the hillside back of the camp lives an elderly miner named Martin and his two motherless daughters. Nance, a young girl of eighteen, and Millie, a chubby, mischievous little miss of seven. Martin is busy getting some wood ready for Nance's use before he starts to his day's work at the mine. Millie comes around the corner of the cabin and wants to help daddy hold the wood. Martin remonstrates with her, telling her a splinter may hurt her, but she persists and grabs the stick he is splitting. Down comes the stick, driving a splinter into little Millie's finger. Hearing her cry of pain, Nance rushes from the house and attempts to console her. It is now time for Martin to start to his work at the mine. Getting his dinner pail, which Nance has filled for him, he leaves his two daughters together. Nance comforts the weeping Millie and giving her their pet bunny for a companion, starts for water. But little Millie is unwilling to be left alone, and after a minute inspection of her injured finger starts after Nance. Scene II: The Man Is Rejected for His Cruelty to Little Sister. A short distance from the cabin a little mountain stream of delicious sparkling water comes tumbling down from the snow-capped mountain above. Here Nance comes with her two buckets. At her back appears young Morgan, one of the mine workers, a rough, hulking man, young but gruff and rude, with frowning eyes and sullen face. Morgan is madly in love with Nance and devours her with his eves. Seizing her two hands roughly, he tells her of his love. She listens with panting bosom, for her heart has gone out to the rough miner. Just then little Millie, who has followed Nance, comes up and halts, frightened at the man, Morgan. Impatient at this unwelcome intrusion, Morgan grasps her roughly by the arm and with a curse tells her to get out of here. Millie flees in terror. Morgan laughs and again turns to Nance. But all her motherly tenderness for little sister is aroused at his cruelty and with trembling lips and gleaming eyes she orders him away. Scene III: The Man Determines to Quit the Mine. Scene IV: The Man Leaves Buena Vista. Scene V: Death of the Father. On Monday morning of the next week Nance is busy with her week's washing in front of the little cabin. Millie is trying to help sister all she can. Nance's face is sad and worn. She is still thinking of Morgan's departure. At the sound of approaching voices she stops work. Around the corner of the house come four miners carrying the mangled form of her father. There has been an accident at the new shaft and he has been mortally hurt. At his request they lay him on the ground. Gasping for breath, he slowly dictates a short letter to his sister in a distant camp, asking her to care for his two daughters. He bids them a last farewell. Now he attempts to kiss little Millie. But the effort is too much for his fast-ebbing strength and he falls back lifeless. Weeping convulsively, Nance and Millie threw themselves across the lifeless body, while the miners stand with bowed heads. Scene VI: The Last Farewell to Father's Grave. Scene VII: The Girl's Face Follows the Wandering Man. Meanwhile Morgan's restless wanderings have taken him back into the mountains far away from Buena Vista Camp. He has found a small streak of ore dirt and setting up his rude tent by the side of a solitary little mountain stream is busy washing out the gold, an occasional nugget of fair size rewarding him for his restless industry. As he is working here, slowly there appears seated on the bank above him a vision of Nance just as he saw her the day he surprised her at that other little stream hack behind Buena Vista Camp. Scene VIII: On the Road to Luck Strike Camp. Down a long stretch of barren, lonely road come Nance and Millie. Millie is lagging behind, tired and worn out from the long walk. Nance tries to cheer her: then, seeing how near asleep she is, stops, lifts her up and staggering under the increased weight, trudges on. Now they have reached a little clump of wood. Nance, seeing Millie is asleep, sets down her bundles and carries Millie into the shade. Scene IX: Love's Transformation. In the shelter of a small clump of bushes Nance has left little Millie asleep while she has taken their pail and set out to find some water. Morgan, pushing back the bushes, finds Millie asleep. A wave of newly discovered tenderness creeps over him. Dropping to his knees beside her he lifts her gently into his strong arms and cradles her against his bosom. Through the bushes at the back appears Nance's tear-stained face. She approaches and touches Morgan timidly. At sight of her the love leaps into his eyes, but he cautions her to be quiet or they will wake Millie. Nance drops down beside him, her happy face hidden in his shoulder, and Morgan with his arm about her looks out, with a face out of which triumphant love has driven all the brutality and sullenness and substituted in their place a strange new strength and gentleness.
IMDB:tt1912495