The Cry of the Blood (1913)
Andrew Jamison, wealthy and aristocratic, longs for an heir to his name and fortune. It is also the greatest sorrow of his wife, and when he departs for a long business trip to Europe, she adopts a baby and so arranges matters that he will not know but that it is his own. The deception is successful and Jamison is overjoyed. The baby was the child of a Mrs. Ambrose, whose husband was a drunkard and had left his wife some weeks before. Mrs. Ambrose, however, tells Mrs. Jamison that the father is dead. Twenty years pass and Bob, the boy, was at college, but the taint of his real father begins to show itself in his wild living, drinking and gambling. Jamison, however, excuses the boy, saying that he was simply sowing his wild oats, but Bob is expelled from college. Mrs. Jamison then seeks for the boy's mother, who admits that the father is a political ward boss of low type. Jamison is induced to run for governor on the reform ticket, and to be the ticket. Ambrose decoys the boy to a gambling room. Induces him to steal money from his supposed father, which he loses at the gaming table. The joint is raided and Bob kills his own father. At the trial Mrs. Jamison tells the truth of the boy's parentage and the real mother also assists in getting a light sentence. Having served his time. Bob returns to his own mother and promises to lead a better life.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| George Terwilliger | Writer |
| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Kempton Greene | |
| Jean Armour | |
| Edwin Barbour | |
| Eleanor Barry |
