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The Cry of the First Born (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

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The Cry of the First Born (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Owing to his father's illness, Cecil Crenwell is sent to inspect the family rice plantation in Hawaii. While there he falls in love with Hawai'ian girl Uana and wins her away from her native beau Kau. They are married and a child is born ...See moreOwing to his father's illness, Cecil Crenwell is sent to inspect the family rice plantation in Hawaii. While there he falls in love with Hawai'ian girl Uana and wins her away from her native beau Kau. They are married and a child is born to them, which they name Naipo. Crenwell is called to England due to the illness of his father and he promises his wife to return as soon as possible. Shortly after Crenwell has left the Islands, Lieutenant Graham, of the Government Post, in whose care Crenwell has left Uana and the baby, attempts to force his attentions upon the girl. To escape his amorous advances, she leaps from a cliff and is permanently injured. Graham, in revenge, writes Crenwell that Uana and the child perished in an epidemic of fever which swept the Island. Crenwell is brokenhearted at the news but he does not return to the Islands, owing to Graham's advising him it would not be for the best. Years roll by, and Uana faithfully awaits Crenwell's return. Crenwell, meantime, feeling his first love lost to him, and realizing the necessity of taking a wife to please the people, upon the estate, marries Lillian. A child is born to them, and during the celebration of the birth, Crenwell's old friend, Captain Fenwick, returns from the Islands, and through him Crenwell learns the full story that Uana waited for many long years for his return, finally committing suicide when Graham, to complete his revenge, informs her of Crenwell's marriage in England. The boy still lives, Crenwell is informed. Being called upon to give a toast to his firstborn, Crenwell is forced to confess that this child is not his firstborn; that there is another, born 15 years before. Lillian, Crenwell's wife, tells him there is nothing for them to do but to seek out the boy, the real firstborn, and give to him his birthright. They depart, and upon arriving in the Islands, Crenwell finds Naipo, his son and firstborn, has grown to hate his memory. Naipo is moved to kill his father, but at the critical moment is unable to take the revenge he has waited for. Naipo sees Crenwell's second child with Lillian, and that night, while all are asleep, he slips to the plantation house and steals Lillian's child as she lies asleep. The child is missed and a search begun. While roaming the beach, Crenwell looks up, and high on the cliff above he sees Naipo, with the baby held high above his head, about to dash it to the rocks below. In his excitement, Naipo falls, and the baby with him, but the baby is caught on a projecting bush and held safe, while Crenwell's firstborn falls to his death on the rocks below. The baby is rescued. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
William Quinn Lord Crenwell - The Father Lord Crenwell - The Father See fewer	Drugged Waters (1916)
Walter Rodgers Cecil Crenwell - The Son (as Walter L. Rogers) Cecil Crenwell - The Son (as Walter L. Rogers) See fewer	The Heart of Maryland (1927)
R.C. Ryles Lieutenant Graham Lieutenant Graham See fewer	The Cry of the First Born (1915)
Jack Curtis Captain Fenwick Captain Fenwick See fewer	Captain Blood (1924)
Yona Landowska Uana Uana See fewer	Mister 44 (1916)
Peggy Morris Lillian Lillian See fewer	The Cry of the First Born (1915)
Antrim Short Naipo Naipo See fewer	Tom Sawyer (1917)