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  • An Old Soldier's Romance (1917)
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An Old Soldier's Romance (1917)
Short | Romance, Short
Ezra, a veteran, is living at the Soldiers' Home, where he is beloved by all, with the possible exception of the cook, who makes life miserable for everyone around him. Ezra's penchant is children. One day he is sent to deliver a message, ...See moreEzra, a veteran, is living at the Soldiers' Home, where he is beloved by all, with the possible exception of the cook, who makes life miserable for everyone around him. Ezra's penchant is children. One day he is sent to deliver a message, but in passing through the park he discovers a baby and stops to play with it. He forgets all about the note until he is nearly home. The next day he is called "on the carpet" and expects to be reprimanded for the undelivered note. Instead he is informed that has inherited a large sum of money from a relative. He takes Joe, one of the soldiers to whom he is specially attached to share his new home, but he is lonesome and unhappy with all the ceremony of the retinue of servants. One day he visits an orphan asylum and brings home seven or eight babies, secreting them in different parts of his room. They are later discovered by the butler. All of the servants leave, and Joe and Ezra attempt to care for the babies themselves. Joe goes out to buy supplies and encounters a woman. She faints, and, reviving her, he takes her back to the house with her baby. She is received by Ezra, who gives her complete charge of all the babies. She decides to tell Ezra her story. When her baby was born her husband, Charles, was a bank teller and they were happy. Laura developed an illness which required expert care, so Charles raised the amount of a check. When this was discovered he fled. She says he is now hiding in a cave. Ezra determines to take Laura to the husband. Just as they are exchanging greetings, Jim, a detective, who has been following Laura, arrests Charles. In the fly leaf of the Bible which Charles is reading is found an inscription which identifies him as Ezra's son. Through the efforts of the bishop, who has interested Ezra in the orphans, Charles is allowed to go free. Ezra makes up the deficiency. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
William V. Mong
Writers
Constance Crawley (story) | Arthur Maude (scenario)
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Updated Jan 2, 1917
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Jan 2, 1917 (United States)

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