Muff (1914)
Janet and Doris Bentham, orphan girls of moderate means in a small New Jersey town, become separated through the impulsiveness of Doris, who is a light-hearted girl of sixteen years, winsome, loved and mothered by her devoted elder sister. Doris becomes infatuated with a handsome circus rider, unprincipled but clever. She elopes with him. Her husband trains Doris to become a circus rider. Doris is injured in a fall from her horse two years after leaving home, and finding that her injuries will prove fatal, she makes her husband promise he will give their infant boy to her sister, Janet; also that he will recompense Janet for taking care of and raising the child. Lablanche, the unscrupulous husband, does not care to recognize the responsibility of the child after the death of his wife, Doris, but having some remnant of decency in his heart, notwithstanding his general lawlessness, he takes the infant to the home of Janet, and leaves it lying on the door-step. In order to disguise any clues that might be followed concerning the parentage of the child, Lablanche removes all its clothing and places the tiny baby inside a large fur muff. The old maid aunt adopted the child and learned to love it with all the tenderness of a mother's heart. The baby grew up a handsome young man, but owing to the circumstances of his being found on the doorstep, he bore the nickname of "Muff." As the years go on he finds a sweetheart, but due to his reckless ways and the frequent admonitions which he receives from his adopted mother and his sweetheart, he runs away to the city and falls among evil companions. Among these crooks is Lablanche, his father. These crooks encourage Muff to engage in a burglary. An old lady is stopping at a hotel and is reported to have a lot of money. She is no other than Janet, the foster mother of Muff, who has come to the city to find her missing loved one. The robbery takes place, but immediately after the identity of Muff is revealed. The horrified Lablanche discovers that he has made his own son an accomplice and that they have perhaps murdered the loving sister of his dead wife, and the foster mother of Muff. The shock reforms Lablanche, who goes west to try and make a man of himself. Muff, thoroughly repentant, returns to his own home with happy Aunt Janet, and his sweetheart Polly.
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GenresDrama
Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Norval MacGregor | Director |
| Roy L. McCardell | Writer |
| William Nicholas Selig | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Harry McCabe | |
| William Scott | |
| Mrs. Ellis | |
| Margaret Allen |
