The Price of the Free (1913)
Three swells desert their automobile to drink the merry hours away at a road house. Looking through the window they discover a frowzy tramp asleep against a tree. They are very much amused over the hobo, and the waiter beckons him to come in. They give a toast: "It must be great to be a tramp and enjoy the life of the free." The tramp strangely enough fails to see the humor of the toast, and in response to their queries tells them his life story. He was once rich, bright and gay, and in the series of describing scenes that follow, shows how he became a wastrel and into his present sad estate. He wooed and won fair Nellie Winston. Eventually a little boy came to bless their home, fate was fair and fortune smiled upon them. Then came a dark day; death laid hand upon the child, then claimed the mother. Stunned and disheartened by the bitterness of the double blow he takes to drink and rapidly degrades. He took to the road and it was the wrong road. Without friends, without money, he fell ill by the wayside to die, but, was eventually taken to a camp of tramps who ministered to him in their rough way and brought him back to life. After a year's strolling, he was on his way back to visit the grave of his wife and child. This series of scenes depicting the adventures of the tramp moved the thoughtless drinkers so mightily that they not only do not insist upon his drinking, but are soberly impressed by the force of his example.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Hardee Kirkland | Director |
| Frederick Eugene Lindsey | Writer |
| William Nicholas Selig | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Thomas Carrigan | |
| Jack Nelson | |
| Adrienne Kroell |
