When Love Leads (1912)
Manufacturer John Morden wishes to take his only son into his company and also plans for David to marry Josephine Claggett, his partner's daughter. On the day of David's return from college, Morden takes him to his office to make his proposition. Just as the two ascend the steps a beautiful, refined-looking girl appears in the doorway and her eyes meet David's for a second. Then he recalls her as the little girl he used to play with as a child. Morden makes his offer and David declines it. Several days later he meets Josephine Claggett at the party. She is pleased with David, but he is thinking of Madge. David goes to the city and gains a position on one of the newspapers. Later Madge loses her place in the factory, and she too goes to the city, knowing nothing of David's movements. One day she and David meet in the office of David's newspaper. They get married. For a while David and Madge are happy. Then ill-health overtakes David. Madge is the sole support. One day she puts their little boy to bed and starts back to her work. David, still ill, insists upon going with her, but the two are separated on the crowded street. Madge starts back to him. An automobile bears down upon her and she is killed. David is rendered insane and committed to an asylum. His memory has become a blank, and his identity is unknown. An old scrubwoman finds their boy and takes him to a Children's Home. One day a sorrowful lady appears wishing to adopt a child. It is David's mother. Attracted to the noble-looking boy of unknown parentage, she selects him, and he works a transformation in her home. Remorseful Morden, having tried unsuccessfully to find David, has turned to drink. Through a renewed interest in life, brought about by his love of the child, he reforms and becomes a changed being. Finally reason and memory return to David and he seeks his child. Wretched and penniless, he determines to go to his mother for money. One night he stands outside of his old home. He sees his mother, and indistinctly, his father, holding a child in his arms. He draws nearer. His heart leaps. He dashes into the room. The child sees him and reconciliation and peace follow.
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GenresDrama
Romance
Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Lloyd B. Carleton | Director |
| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Edwin August | |
| Ormi Hawley | |
| Irving White | |
| Mary Smith |
