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  • The Better Influence (1912)
  • Short | Short, Comedy, Drama
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The Better Influence (1912)
Short | Short, Comedy, Drama
Henry Marion, broken-hearted by the death of his wife shortly after the birth of a baby boy, places the child with his wife's mother and, mad for an entire change of existence, moves to New York. There for five years he loses sight of his ...See moreHenry Marion, broken-hearted by the death of his wife shortly after the birth of a baby boy, places the child with his wife's mother and, mad for an entire change of existence, moves to New York. There for five years he loses sight of his baby boy, but finds that careless living and the society of careless men and women have not brought joy nor even contentment. He becomes entangled with a widow named Mrs. Bennet Allan. A scoffing visit to a Salvation Army Hall by Marion and Mrs. Allan and a gay party almost brings him to his senses, for the sight of a sweet young girl in the uniform of the Army praying for a blessing upon the scoffers before her, makes him quiet the noisy interruptions of the party. He leads them away to finish the evening in his apartment where a telegram awaits him that his late wife's mother has suddenly died of heart disease, and that he must make immediate arrangements for the care of his little son now five years old. He fetches the boy to New York and there Mrs. Allen finds a worthy rival in an innocent child. The boy's little fingers reach out and the Salvation Army girl is also arrayed against the forces that are disintegrating the character of the child's father, and the babe that cost the father so much at his birth is the means of preserving the finer instincts of his father and leading him into paths bathed in the pure sunshine of tender love. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Mar 17, 1912 (United States)

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Henry Marion Henry Marion   See fewer
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