The Son of Thomas Gray (1914)

电影

国家/地区: 美国
类型: 剧情, 短片
上映日期: 1914-01-10
导演: Lorimer Johnston
编剧: George A. Posner
语言: None | English
演员: Sydney Ayres , Harry von Meter , Louise Lester , Dorothy Beale , Virginia Fordyce , Jack Richardson , Jacques Jaccard , Chick Morrison
片长: 分钟
奖项: N/A
又名: The Son of Thomas Gray (美国) , The Son of Thomas Gray
剧情简介: The son of Thomas Gray, after his graduation, returns from college, becomes his father's partner, and later, when his parent's health begins to fail him, his successor. The income from a tonic, which, unknown to the rest of the family, contains morphine, then becomes the family's sole means of subsistence. The doctor's son is highly ambitious and through hard work achieves renown and success. He becomes interested in social reform and pays frequent visits to the slums, where on one occasion, he sees a victim of morphine in the throes of death. A bottle labeled "Gray's Tonic" strikes his eye, but of course, he knows nothing. A fellow physician, who has accompanied him, however, pockets the bottle. At the meeting of the Pure Foods and Drug Board, of which he is a member, the doctor's son delivers a lecture on the evils wrought through lax censorship of drugs. His fellow physician voices his suspicion of Gray's Tonic, and suggests that they analyze it. The son is given the commission and told to report the result at their next meeting. Then, while the aged parent awaits the result of the fateful analysis, the awful knowledge is revealed to the son. In an emotional scene the aged physician pleads with his son for the sake of the family honor and for their happiness, not to reveal the secret. Which shall it be? During a restless night he is tormented by visions: his parents reduced to poverty and shame, the scene in the slums, and finally that of the chairman handing him his commission. The next day the parent, awaiting in feverish anxiety, hears the final decision, and in horror and rage disowns him. Then the hand of misfortune falls on the erstwhile family. Dishonor, a heavy fine, and the revocation of his license are the penalties invoked by the court, and poverty and want follow in the steps of the decision. The son pleads in vain for the privilege of supporting the family. The father will have nothing of him. The hand of fate, however, brings about the long delayed reunion. When about to be evicted from their squalid lodgings, the landlord turns out to be none other than their son. The son takes them at once to his home and after his skillful treatment, soon restores his father to health.
IMDB:tt0799800