Tap! Tap! Tap! (1915)
Winston Hedges, inebriate son of a wealthy father, carries his vagrancy to a point where the old man will no longer endure him. Heavily in debt, the young man makes a final appeal to his father, who tells him that he will pay his debts tor the last time, and Winston is sent off on a yachting trip with a view of removing him from the temptations which surround him in the city. Living with his pretty young wife and baby in a small cottage nearby, the lighthouse keeper, Peters, leads a frugal but happy existence. His thoughts constantly revert to the hardships which he had to endure as a sailor and he determines that his little daughter shall be protected from such. Monthly he saves his wages and invests them in government bonds, which he has secreted where no one can possibly find them. Fate brings the yacht with Winston Hedges and his gay party aboard abreast the lighthouse and at a time when they are in need of ice. Winston goes ashore to secure some and arrives at the lighthouse man's cottage just as old Peters is about to succumb to an attack of heart failure. Winston realizes that the man is in danger and sends Mary, the young wife, back to the landing platform to dispatch a sailor to bring Dr. Bruce ashore from the yacht. Winston is thus left alone with the old lighthouse keeper, who realizes that he may die before he can tell his wife of the government bonds which he has been saving for the benefit of his baby. He takes them from the secret hiding place, but the effort proves too much for him and he expires with them in his hand before the return of Mary and the doctor. The old man has told Winston that no one else knows of the existence of the bonds, so Winston finds himself face to face with the temptation which the opportunity affords to rehabilitate his financial status. The use Winston makes of this opportunity, and his acquaintance with the old lighthouse keeper's family lead to a thrilling dramatic climax of incidents which result in a picture of strong dramatic power and carrying with it a powerful moral tone.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Paul Powell | Director |
| Marc Edmund Jones | Writer |
| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Lee Shumway | |
| Melvin Mayo | |
| Lucille Young | |
| Sid Hayes |
