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The First Commandment (1915)
Short | Drama, Short

The First Commandment (1915)

Short | Drama, Short

A giant in the financial world, John Marshall imagines himself all-powerful. Although he contributes towards the church, he refuses to set foot within its doors. Marshall has two children, Walter, dissolute and worthless; Marguerite, sweet...See moreA giant in the financial world, John Marshall imagines himself all-powerful. Although he contributes towards the church, he refuses to set foot within its doors. Marshall has two children, Walter, dissolute and worthless; Marguerite, sweet and wholesome. The girl realizes that Walter is wrecking his life. She pleads with her father, but the latter is too deeply engrossed in business to pay attention to his son's habits. Marshall remembers his daughter's plea when Walter later asks him for money. He informs the boy that it is up to him to earn his own living for a while. Walter pours his troubles into the ears of Mazie, a show girl. This gives Mazie an idea. Cleverly worming a proposal out of him, she becomes his wife. The news of his son's marriage comes as a staggering blow to Marshall. For the first time in his life his plans have met with failure. In anger, he disinherits Walter. As time passes, Marshall determines to have his son divorce Mazie. Poverty, however, has brought out the fine qualities in the woman and she grows to love her husband. In the meantime, Marguerite falls in love with Tom Pierson, son of an independent manufacturer. The financial giant has attempted to crush Pierson upon several occasions. In his effort to separate Walter and his wife, Marshall concocts a scheme to cast a bad light upon Mazie. Not only does the unscrupulous man's plot fail, but Marguerite is innocently caught in the trap. This crushes Marshall. Taking advantage of his condition, the man's rival, Eddy, plans to ruin him. only by a supreme effort does Marshall out-general his foe. The man finds it advisable to conciliate Eddy. The latter consents to join forces with Marshall upon condition that Marguerite be compelled to marry his son, Franklyn, and that Marshall shall ruin Pierson. In the meantime, Walter has reformed and now occupies an important position in the Pierson factory. Walter has become a father. Marguerite, refusing to marry Franklyn, elopes and becomes Tom's wife. Embittered and feeling as though the world is against him, Marshall forbids her ever to enter his home. Eddy learns of what has occurred. In rage, he demands that Marshall crush Tom's father immediately. His fortune hanging in the balance, Marshall agrees. The surest way to accomplish this would be to destroy the Pierson plant. But the man's attempt to bring this about is frustrated by his son. Sure of himself, Walter strips his father's soul and shows him what his worship of power and money have brought him to. Marshall sees a light. He returns home with Walter. Although the following Sunday finds the father a ruined man, it also finds him really happy for the first time in years. As he sits beside his children in church, he realizes the significance of the sermon delivered by the preacher, who has taken for his text the First Commandment, "Thou shalt have no other gods before me." Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Austin Webb John Marshall - the Father John Marshall - the Father See fewer	Wolves of Kultur (1918)
Tom Moore Walter Marshall Walter Marshall See fewer	On Thin Ice (1925)
Marguerite Courtot Marguerite Marshall Marguerite Marshall See fewer	The Swamp Fox (1914)
Robert Ellis Tom Pierson Tom Pierson See fewer	The Tiger's Trail (1919)
Lowell Randall Stark Franklyn Franklyn See fewer	The Call of the Dance (1915)
Marie Wells Mazie - a Showgirl Mazie - a Showgirl See fewer	The Conquest of Canaan (1916)
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Charlotte Courtot Actress Actress See fewer	John Burns of Gettysburg (1913)