The Power of a Hymn (1912)

电影

国家/地区: 美国
类型: 剧情, 短片
上映日期: 1912-10-28
导演: George Melford
编剧: N/A
语言: None | English
演员: Carlyle Blackwell , William H. West , Jane Wolfe , Knute Rahm , Louise Dunlap , William Bodie , Judson Melford
片长: 分钟
奖项: N/A
又名: The Power of a Hymn (美国) , The Power of a Hymn
剧情简介: The mother teaches the hymn to her sons, George and Tom, who are adopted by Judge Reynolds after the good woman's death. George proves a tractable and studious boy, but Tom is given to bad associates. One afternoon the judge finds him gambling with a number of boys of his own age, in a vacant lot. He takes the young boy home, talks to him and tries to influence him to keep away from evil companions. That night Tom runs away from home. Twenty-five years roll by. George has never heard from Tom and is now a criminal court judge. Tom, on the downward path, is arrested for forgery and is held for trial before his brother. George, not knowing the forger is his brother, sentences him to prison. Tom, after serving his time, swears vengeance against the judge. He learns of his home address and at night goes to the house with the intention of squaring his debt. Crawling through a window in search of his brother, he suddenly hears the tones of the hymn which he learned in his childhood. An inadvertent movement on the part of Tom draws the attention of George, who is seated at the piano. The judge takes a revolver from a nearby desk and starts after the intruder. Tom tells him who he is and the purpose of his visit. He explains that Providence has prevented him from becoming a murderer by permitting him to hear the hymn. The judge's three-year-old child, who has been a witness of the entire scene, leads the outcast to a chair. The judge places his hand on his shoulder and calls him brother.
IMDB:tt0002436