Their Golden Anniversary (1912)
Farmer Jones is a hard parent of the old school, who believes in strict obedience from his children, even when they grow up, and always wants them to be working. John, his youngest son, and the only one now left at home, is always getting into hot water with his father. He has no love for farming and is not particularly robust, and his father is always driving him. He stays on at the farm, however, for the sake of his mother, a kind-hearted, cheery woman, who is always trying to make peace. John is interested in photography and spends his spare time working at it, to the disgust of his father. John takes a picture of his mother, of which he is very proud. In developing and fixing it, he wastes, he considers, valuable time, and when Mrs. Jones tries to plead and shows him the photograph for an excuse, he tears it in two. He and John quarrel and the son leaves home, his father remaining stern and angry, his mother broken-hearted. Five years pass by, and the father begins to repent his action, for the old folks have heard no more of their son. On the eve of their golden wedding anniversary, he and, his wife have a long talk and he promises to take her to town the next day, the anniversary. They drive to town. In passing a photographer's studio, he proposes they have their pictures taken. The photographer, a very attentive and gentlemanly young fellow, in passing the old folks, recognizes them as his parents. They do not recognize him, for he has changed, but when he reveals himself as their son, John, clasping his mother in his arms, there is a general jubilee of great joy and reunion.
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GenresDrama
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Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Van Dyke Brooke | Director |
| Maurice Costello | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| Van Dyke Brooke | |
| Mary Maurice | |
| Maurice Costello |
