When Light Came Back (1913)
Sam Scribner is caught making love to Muriel Hale, by her father, who is also Sam's employer. Sam is discharged. The lovers prepare to elope, but are discovered leaving Muriel's home by her father. Mr. Hale, thinking them to be burglars, draws his pistol. When he learns that it is Sam and Muriel he throws the pistol aside and grapples with Sam. The pistol, striking the floor, discharges and wounds Mr. Hale. He then demands Muriel's letters. Sam turns over his wallet and leaves. In the wallet is some money, and Mr. Hale throws the wallet and the money after him, but Sam does not stop for it. Two tramps find the money and fight over it. One throws the other over an embankment to his death. Sam hoards a train, determined to leave the city. The train is wrecked; Sam is injured and loses his memory. He is taken to a hospital and regarded as insane. Meanwhile, Mr. Hale discharges one of his servants. The body of the dead tramp is found and identified by the wallet found on him as Sam Scribner. The discharged servant informs the police that Scribner's suitcase can be found bidden under a couch in Hale's home. Hale is tried and sentenced to die for the murder of Scribner. Sam, in the hospital, reads a news account of Mr. Hale's approaching execution. His memory returns and he endeavors to leave the hospital on the instant. The guards interrupt him and he gives them a desperate battle. Without money he has a difficult journey, begging and stealing rides on motor cars. He arrives at the governor's office and finds Muriel there pleading for her father. The governor tries to get the death-house by telephone, but fails. The condemned man is about to be placed in the electric chair. The governor calls a motor and the three hasten to the prison, arriving just in time to save Mr. Hale's life. Mr. Hale, in gratitude, places his daughter's hand in Sam's and takes the young man back into his employ.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| O.A.C. Lund | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| Robert Frazer | |
| Barbara Tennant | |
| Alec B. Francis |
