A Failure at Fifty (1916)
"Old Tim" is an old fashioned factory superintendent. He turns over his pay envelope to his wife unopened and when given a dime for tobacco is contented. His son, whom he educated, becomes the assistant to the president of his factory, and inaugurates an efficiency system that breaks the heart of the old man. He quits, and months after when unable to find work he overhears his family calling him a failure and leaves secretly to face the world anew. He again meets Frank Harrington, a young designer, who befriends him. Tim makes a suggestion that perfects a device for the boy and the two soon find themselves on the way to wealth, the old man still contented with his pipe and tobacco, but with one ambition to give his son, who caused his former troubles, a final thrashing. He tries to, but is overcome with emotion. The old man is soon reunited with his family, and Harrington becomes a son-in-law.
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