Through Fire and Water (1914)
Deane Maxwell, the daughter of a wealthy banker, is much interested in charity work. She contributes to the maintenance of a small orphan asylum, where she finds a three-year-old blind child, Ruth, to whom she becomes greatly attached. In the meantime she and Philip Osborne, her father's secretary, have fallen in love, but for some reason which he will not disclose Philip tells her that he can never be more than a friend to her. One night during a severe storm, Deane is roused out of sleep, and a vision of a woman she has never seen appears before her and impresses her with the conviction that some danger threatens little Ruth. She rushes out into the storm to the orphan asylum, finds the building in flames, and arrives just in time to rescue Ruth. She carries the child to her own home. Philip discovers them in the library, and confesses to Deane that Ruth is his daughter. He then tells her of his past life; a life of sin and sorrow, involving the death of his young wife and the affliction of his child. It is because of his tainted past that he has felt himself unworthy of Deane's love, but the vision of the dead wife now appears to him, the same vision that came to Deane, and bids him accept her love, as he has redeemed his past through sorrow and repentance.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| E.D. Horkheimer | Producer |
| H.M. Horkheimer | Producer |
