Manna (1915)

电影

国家/地区: 美国
类型: 剧情, 短片
上映日期: 1915-11-16
导演: Henry Otto
编剧: Olga Printzlau
语言: None | English
演员: Edna Maison , Olive Carey , Louella Maxam , Harry Southard , Earle Page
片长: 分钟
奖项: N/A
又名: Manna (美国) , Manna
剧情简介: Nell, a young working girl, and her crippled younger sister, Dora, live in a tenement house room. Nell works at a factory nearby, leaving the little sister to her own amusement while she is away. A young tenement doctor lives in the building next door and already a romance has started between Nell and himself. The little girl, Dora, while reading the Bible, comes across the passage, "And the Lord, God, rained Manna down upon them and they did eat." The passage impresses her, and realizing that she is a cripple and unable to do anything in the world, she originates the idea of writing little verses from the Bible and dropping them out of her window. A rich settlement worker, who plays at charity work for the glory she obtains from it, is softened by the little note and the promise of heavenly cheer and reward softens her heart. The young doctor, becoming discouraged at the hardness of the world, finds a little note. His heart is cheered by the promise of heavenly reward that he reads therein. In a district nearby, a poor young laboring man is suddenly thrown out of employment. He becomes desperate and is about to steal when the little note falls at his feet from the tenement window above. The message reads, "The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want." He ponders over the message and determines to do the right thing. Upon returning home, he discovers that his hasty employer has repented his dismissal and requests his return. In the vicinity of the factory, a syndicate of procurers are at work. Nell goes daily to the little park to eat her lunch. One of the syndicate, a gaily dressed, painted woman, plans a trap for Nell. The result is, while in the park at lunch one day, she is accosted and insulted by a strange man. While defending herself, she is saved from further embarrassment by a finely dressed stranger. Nell admires the gentlemanly manner with which he treats her, and the rest of the trap is easy. They meet often in the park. One day he asks her to do some sewing for a woman acquaintance of his. Nell accepts the new position. They arrive at the elegant house and Nell is ushered upstairs to the boudoir of the woman. Nell is entrapped. The woman, however, has passed the tenement district. She did not know that while passing under a certain tenement window that a little white piece of paper had fluttered down and nestled in the flowers of her hat. While she is removing her hat she discovers the note and reads it. The messages send a flood of emotion through her heart. She gazes at the innocent girl before her and realizes the terrible thing she is about to commit. She hears men approaching in the hallway, and realizes that unless she acts quickly, Nell will be lost. In a flash she has Nell behind her, and when the men enter the room, they face the point of a revolver. Nell returns home to little Dora, where she sobs out the whole miserable story, but Dora secretly thanks God for directing the little note to the right person. In time, the rich settlement worker learns of little Dora's condition, and her heart is touched. Through her efforts and financial help, little Dora is cured of her deformity, and is made well and happy, while the young doctor and Nell realize their love for each other.
IMDB:tt0327034