A Son of Neptune (1916)
Little Joe and his only companion, his old fisherman father, live alone in their little cabin on the sea coast. The old man has given Joe a tin flageolet and taught him to play. Every night Joe meets his father at the little wharf. There is a storm. Evening comes and Joe goes to the wharf. He falls asleep. The next morning, Old Rufe and his wife see the fisherman's battered boat, and find Joe asleep. They take him home, adopt him, and force him to work hard. One day he rests a moment to play his flageolet. Old Rufe returns home with his empty nets and tears the flageolet from Joe's hands. Jerking the instrument from Rufe's hand, Joe escapes to one of his old haunts in the rocks. On the opposite side of the bay, little Polly and her mother are visiting Jack Lewis and his parents. Polly and Jack are playing in a boat. The boat gets loose with Polly in it and drifts out with the tide. Jack cannot understand why Polly does not come back, and after a while he summons their parents, but Polly and the boat have drifted out to sea. An alarm is sent out. On the other side of the bay, among the rocky cliffs, Joe has found a supper of berries. Night comes on. Little Polly is beached and scampers over to Joe's haven. They become friends. Joe gives her a supper of berries, tells her of the good fairy, and plays his flageolet until she sleeps. He, too, sleeps and dreams that he is the prince and she the princess; they are transported into fairyland, where they are made husband and wife. They are in the Land of the Golden Harp, where the shrill notes of the flageolet are unknown. After much pleasure and happiness, and against the admonition of the Good Fairy, who tells him that the music from his flageolet will awaken the old Fury of the Forest, Joe forgets and starts a tune on his favorite instrument. Immediately the old Fury appears and all Fairyland disappears. Joe and His little companion are found by the searchers He is rescued from the cruelty of old Rufe, and sails away across the bay to be little Polly's prince forever after.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| William V. Mong | Director |
| William V. Mong | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Gordon Griffith | |
| William V. Mong | |
| Georgia French | |
| Betty Schade |
