Closed Gates (1914)
The two old aristocrats, upheld in their pride by each other, think themselves not only forgiving but high-minded in caring for their scapegrace son's little daughter. The son may not see his child though he pleads for an hour with her. And the lonely little girl can find no real companionship with the nurse and governess and the two old aristocrats who have long ago forgotten what it meant to play. The child longs to play with the keeper's children in the mud puddles outside the wall. But the gates are closed. One day she slips out. The old man and his wife discover that she is gone. They find her contaminated by contact with these poor children. They would take her back to the garden's seclusion, but the young father has watched the girl's happiness in the simple things of a free child's life. He recalls his own miserable tradition-bound boyhood, and against the protests of the old aristocrats, he takes his daughter to supper in the keeper's cottage. But the bolts have been slipped, the gate is turning. The tiny boat recalls a spark of boyhood's joy to the old man. The silk-clad doll draws a bit of memory's sweetness into the old lady's heart. A note of forgiveness and welcomes goes to the man and his child. And the closed gates swing wide.
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GenresDrama
Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Phillips Smalley | Director |
| Lois Weber | Director |
| Lois Weber | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Phillips Smalley | |
| Lois Weber | |
| Rupert Julian |
