The Foster Child (1912)
Mr. and Mrs. Caspar, home-loving, industrious people, long for a little one to bless their lives and their home. Their hopes are not in vain. One night, when they are sitting in the quiet, they hear the voice of a baby. Mr. Caspar, opening the door, finds a deserted child lying on the door-step. Tenderly lifting it in his arms, he brings it to his wife, who cares and nurtures it with a mother's love. Their adopted child is just one year old when a son is born to Mrs. Caspar, and an added joy comes to bless their union. The foundling, Jack, and the real son, Dick, grow up together as brothers, but quite different in dispositions. The real son is idle, morose, and disrespectful, and a selfish ingrate, who heaps abuse upon his parents, regardless of their kindness to him. The foster sob is manly, kind and thoughtful, industriously working for his parents, constantly considering their comfort and happiness. The mother of the child whom she deserted, conscience-stricken and remorseful, one day comes to the Caspar home to reclaim her child. Of course she cannot identify him, and the Caspars hate to part with the boy, whom they love more than they do their own. They determine to pass their own son off as the woman's. She is very wealthy and when Jack hears this, he is anxious to go with her, and does not waste much time in leave-taking with those who love him, and sadly part with him. Jack, with plenty of money, which he does not hesitate to demand from his supposed mother, soon shows his real nature and indulges in all sorts of dissipation. In a gambling den, he becomes involved in a quarrel. In the struggle, he is accidentally shot. He is taken to his home, where he dies. When his real parents hear that their son is dying, they hasten to his bedside, where they find him dead. The Caspars tell the whole truth to Dick's mother, and then, returning to their home, impart the truth to Dick. With a heavy heart he bids farewell to those who have brought him safely and lovingly to man's estate, assuring them the he will never forget them or neglect them. He hastens to his own mother's home and side, where she clasps her deserted child to her bosom and he lovingly embraces her.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Van Dyke Brooke | Director |
| Sheridan Holmes | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Van Dyke Brooke | |
| Mrs. B.F. Clinton | |
| James Morrison | |
| George Cooper |
