His Mother's Hope (1912)
In his childish gambols, a little boy wanders away from his governess' unwatchful eyes and mysteriously disappears. Then follows the anguish of parental devotion, Time goes on, lonesome days and weary nights come and go, the mother's anxious outstretched arms day by day fall closer to her sides. Whispering hope into her husband's ear she expires. There is a row in a gypsy camp. A scrawny youth still in his twenties is defending a wretched hag from her husband's brutalities, and for this he is turned from the camp, the only home he has known since wandering onto it some years before. Fate's hand again marks his course and eventually he becomes the father of a happy home. But happiness and modest prosperity are momentary, for in time's wayward flight, reverses befall him and starvation's merciless fangs are already gnawing. In desperation, he enters the home of a wealthy gentleman who is seated by the fireside. Hearing a strange noise, he turns and, crouching on the floor in abject fear, is the despicable form of a thief. In a climatic situation, the apparition of his wife appears; the hand of Justice is replaced by that of clemency and the intruder is turned free. A strong resemblance in his face, however, causes him to follow. As he does the dawn of hope begins to brighten and in a strong heart scene, the story terminates with the return of the loved to the lost and the gratification of "His Mother's Hope."
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Charles Brabin | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| George Lessey | |
| Gertrude McCoy | |
| Barry O'Moore | |
| Bessie Learn |
