The Golden Gates (1910)
Divorced! Separated by the Court's verdict, the mother is allowed the girl and the father is given the boy, both children too young to realize the bitterness of the moment, but each clinging to the allotted parent with childish faith. As tokens of remembrances little Lee is presented with his mother's locket which is hung around his neck, the same being done with the father's ring to Harriet. Shortly after the separation the mother is compelled to entrust the care of her daughter to a neighbor about to join her husband in the west. Towards the arrival at their destination however, the train is wrecked, the sole survivor of the crash being little Harriet. Guided by Providence, she is adopted by a western couple who rename her Mary, to replace their child now dead. Returning to the once happy home we find little Lee, deserted and forlorn amidst bare conditions, his father having sunk to the depths beyond reclamation. Lee purposes to get away from his abode and meeting a bunch of cowpunchers in the street, who are bound westward, following a sight-seeing trip in the eastern city, he prevails on their sympathy for adoption to their crowd and shortly afterward is renamed Jim. Grown big in size and years, Jim is accepted by Jane, the ranchman's daughter, who writes to her school chum, Mary, to spend Christmas week with her and Jim. Thus brother and sister after all these lengthy years, meet and unconsciously a spark of love is flashed between them, which familiarity grows with the passing days, all this being apparent to poor Jane. The outcome is revealed on Christmas day, when Jane returns her engagement ring to Jim, who has embraced Mary. Jim draws his mother's locket from his breast upon Mary's refusal to accept the engagement ring and in a flash the truth that their love was of brother and sister is revealed to them. Of course, the engagement of Jim and Jane is renewed.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Mark M. Dintenfass | Producer |
