The Inner Brute (1915)

Jake, the son, is a victim of parental influence, having all the brutishness and ferocity of the tiger by which his mother was frightened. Jake grows to manhood and loves Helen Parker in his brutish way. He is jealous of Will Hammond, whom Helen favors, and kills him in a terrific fight, throwing him over a cliff. He eludes his pursuers by hiding in a tree. He goes home and peers into the cabin window, seeing his mother alone. He scratches at the door as the tiger did years before. The mother hears and is frightened. She looks and sees the brutish face of her own son which fades into the head and gaping jaws of a tiger. She seizes a rifle and fires through the window at the head, killing young Jake, but easing her heart of a greater sorrow than even his death brings.

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GenresDrama Short
CastRole
Warren Waite
Warda Howard
John Lorenz
Peggy Sweeney