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Silas Marner (1913)
Short | Short, Drama

Silas Marner (1913)

Short | Short, Drama

Silas Marner awoke one morning at the age of twenty-five, and discovered that he had nothing left to live for. His good name, his friends and the woman he loved had been removed from his reach by one unexpected thunderbolt of fate. Called ...See moreSilas Marner awoke one morning at the age of twenty-five, and discovered that he had nothing left to live for. His good name, his friends and the woman he loved had been removed from his reach by one unexpected thunderbolt of fate. Called to watch at the bedside of a dying deacon, he had nodded and fallen asleep. While he slept, the man he had always called his friend, crept softly in, stole the church money left in the deacon's charge and left Silas' knife in an incriminating position. Silas' bare word was insufficient to carry any weight against the mass of circumstantial evidence. His frenzied protestations were met with cold glances and open scorn. So, at last, Silas crept away from the friends of his youth and went to live alone in a dilapidated old stone house on the outskirts of a small village, supporting himself with his hand loom and boarding his money with a miser's greed. Silas came home one afternoon and discovered that his money bags had been stolen. Returning from a fruitless search for the thief he found a little girl lying asleep on the hearth. Her coming changed the entire tenor of his life. From a morbid, self-centered miser, Silas was changed into a generous, free-hearted, kindly nature. Only one person in the village knew the true story of Effie's origin. This person was Godfrey Cass, the squire. Effie was his child by a bitterly-repented early marriage. Her mother's death allowed Godfrey to make the brilliant match he had set his heart on. He therefore said nothing and allowed Silas to think he had adopted a nameless waif. Years later Godfrey repented of his early silence. He offered to give Effie the home and money that rightfully belonged to her, but Effie, erect and glorious in her young womanhood, chose to stay with Silas and refused the tardy amends of her real father. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
William West Silas Marner Silas Marner See fewer	The Rise and Fall of Weary Willie (1911)
Gladys Hulette Effie Effie See fewer	Her New York (1917)
C.J. Williams Actor (as C. Jay Williams) Actor (as C. Jay Williams) See fewer	The Funny Side of Jealousy (1915)
Yale Benner Actor Actor See fewer	Vanity Fair (1915)
Bigelow Cooper Actor Actor See fewer	Vanity Fair (1915)
Robert Brower Actor Actor See fewer	The Little Minister (1921)