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The Winning Hand (1914)
Short | Drama, Short

The Winning Hand (1914)

Short | Drama, Short

Tom Brooks, a big-hearted man who was devoted to his wife now dead and whose little son is the idol of his heart, conducts a saloon in a mining camp. He guards his boy from evil as best he can and wishing him to have the advantages he ...See moreTom Brooks, a big-hearted man who was devoted to his wife now dead and whose little son is the idol of his heart, conducts a saloon in a mining camp. He guards his boy from evil as best he can and wishing him to have the advantages he himself never enjoyed, sends him away to school. Several years later Jack, who is now a promising young army officer returning from service in the Philippines, meets Jane Van Buren and her father. He becomes an instant captive to the charms of the young girl. Tom Brooks has moved to the city and continuing in the only business he knows, runs a gambling house for wealthy patrons. Through this business, of which he is at heart ashamed, he acquires riches. He feels, however, that it is best that his son be kept in ignorance of the source of his wealth. One evening Jack gets a letter from young Van Buren, saying that he is losing heavily in a gambling house and asking him to come and take him away. Jack goes to the address indicated and sends in his name. In the meantime Eddy has lost all his available funds and has borrowed to his limit from "Big Tom" the proprietor. Another loan being refused he forges his father's check and cashes it. In a dramatic scene Jack meets his father in the gambling den and is told that the parent comes there to gamble. He does not suspect that Big Tom and his father are the same persons. Young Van Buren, however, finds out and denies to the gambler's son the right to call upon his sister. At the price of the forged check Big Tom wins Eddy's silence, sees his son again the favored suitor and the repentant Eddy caught in his misdeeds leave home to start anew. To remove the stigma from his son's name the gambler leaves for all time his shady business. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Francis Carlyle Tom Brooks Tom Brooks See fewer	The Perils of Pauline (1914)
Eleanor Woodruff Jane Van Buren Jane Van Buren See fewer	The Perils of Pauline (1914)
Paul Panzer Actor Actor See fewer	The Black Book (1929)
Jack Standing Jack Brooks - Tom's Son Jack Brooks - Tom's Son See fewer	The Evangelist (1916)
Rae Tompkins Actress Actress See fewer	The Foster Father (1911)