The Divine Decree (1915)
The families of Darby and Burson live together in a squalid tenement. Both Darby and Burson ply the same trade. They are housebreakers. The two work always together. Darby has a daughter, Dora, Burson a son, Tom. The children are playmates, and ignorant of their fathers' occupation. Dora's mother dies and the girl is taken to the country and placed in the care of Aunt Jane. Then comes a day when luck goes against Darby and Burson. They are caught red-handed and sent to prison. Fifteen years elapse. Dora, grown to a beautiful young girl, lives in the belief that her father is seeking his fortune in Alaska. Tom, too, has grown, but the environment of the tenement has made him a thief. At length, Burson and Darby are released from prison. Darby seeks Dora at the farmhouse. The reunion of father and daughter is joyful. Burson returns to his old tenement, where he urges his son Tom to forsake the life of crime which he is leading. Tom laughs at his old father. Tom is in the act of committing a crime when there appears to him a vision of his little playmate of years gone by. The vision has the power of dissuading the youth from a criminal career. He starts in search of Dora, whom he finds in the little home in the country, and the old affections are aroused.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Henry Otto | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| Winifred Greenwood | |
| Edward Coxen | |
| Lizette Thorne | |
| Edward Rainey |
