Hands Across the Cradle (1911)
Happily the two old comrades clasped hands, for Colonel Clay and Major Wells had soldiered side by side in the Civil War, and ever since had been friends and neighbors. Now their fondest hopes were about to be realized in the marriage of their son and daughter. Unfortunately, however, ere Kitty had half completed her trousseau, her father received a letter from his attorney, stating that the tract of land sold by Colonel Clay to the railroad company for the proposed cut off, would bring the road-bed within two hundred yards of his house. Surprised and angry that his neighbor had not found this out before selling his property, the Major hurried over to the Clay home, where, owing to the high temper of the two veterans, a stormy interview took place, ending in the Major throwing away his daughter's engagement ring and forbidding Robert the house. It was then that the women decided to take a hand; so, while Kitty and Robert were planning their future. Mrs. Clay and Mrs. Wells hastily made arrangements for their children to be married that night and as soon as they were made man and wife, quietly escorted them to the train, which was to carry the bride and the groom to their new home. Two years passed, yet, despite the pleadings of their wives, and even the mention of a little grandson in the letters from Kitty and Robert, the old comrades remained obstinate. Urged by their own homesickness, as well as by the wishes of their mothers, the young people were only too glad to return when they learned from Robert's agent that he had been able to purchase the little cottage for them adjoining the Clay property. The day after their arrival, unable to resist the temptation of taking just one peep at what Mrs. Wells termed "that blessed baby." the Major, after assuring himself that his daughter and her husband were not in the house, stole softly into the cottage and had already won the marked approval of the tiny boy when he heard someone approaching. Slipping behind a screen, the Major was dumbfounded to behold his neighbor, evidently bent upon the same errand as himself. Coming down to the Colonel, as he bent over the little chap, the Major silently held out his hand, which when he recovered from his surprise was only too gladly clasped by the old time comrade.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Tom Ricketts | Director |
| David Horsley | Producer |
