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  • The Foundlings of Father Time (1914)
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The Foundlings of Father Time (1914)
Short | Short, Drama
He was a kind old person, and he had served his employers well. In fact, he devoted forty years of his life, gave his brains and talent toward making the firm a success. But then a man can't always go on giving the energy and fresh ideas ...See moreHe was a kind old person, and he had served his employers well. In fact, he devoted forty years of his life, gave his brains and talent toward making the firm a success. But then a man can't always go on giving the energy and fresh ideas of youth and the firm knew it. The old man served his time with a beggar's reward and the best he got was a notice one day that his services were no longer required. It was late in the evening when the old man returned to his poorly-furnished little home; how could he tell his wife, was the question which kept his heart pounding against his withered old breast. But he did tell her, and the mothering heart in her warmed. She was his best friend, his pal for many years, and to fail her "man" now, well, she was not that kind. Of course the old man tried to secure another position; he needed it; his savings would not keep them more than a week or so. But it was a vain search. We follow him, step by step, in his declining path, until we see him without home, friends, and even shelter. And having suffered eviction, he leads his wife into a public square, where 'neath a pouring rain, they drop exhausted on a bench. For a time no one notices the old couple huddled on the bench. Then a policeman comes upon them. He approaches and speaks. There is no response. He attempts to awaken the apparent sleepers only to find that their souls have passed to the Great Beyond. And as the picture closes the astral bodies of the faithful couple ascend Heavenward, where they are received by the Angels of Light into their haven of eternal peace. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Charles Giblyn
Writer
Isadore Bernstein (story)
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Updated Dec 5, 1914
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Dec 5, 1914 (United States)

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