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Boy (1914)
Short | Short, Western, Drama

Boy (1914)

Short | Short, Western, Drama

Moran, blind to ambition, has been a longstanding friend of Widow Casey. In his way Moran likes the widow, but his strongest affection is for her little boy. The boy, in turn cherishes the man's friendship and the knife which the man has ...See moreMoran, blind to ambition, has been a longstanding friend of Widow Casey. In his way Moran likes the widow, but his strongest affection is for her little boy. The boy, in turn cherishes the man's friendship and the knife which the man has given him. Time comes when the widow and Moran quarrel. To rid herself of him she leaves with the boy, hoping to find a living some other place. But instead of kindness and work the widow finds rebuffs and hunger. One night she faints from weakness in the roadway; the boy hails a strange man to their aid. The mother is carried into a tenement. "Boy," shortly after, remembers his knife which he had left in the old home; he asks to return and find it. He is roughly rebuffed by his mother and her newfound friend. Meanwhile Moran drinks steadily in an attempt to drown his loneliness. He returns to the tenement which had been deserted by the widow, one night to commit suicide. As the deed is about to be done his eye falls on the knife which he gave to "boy." He remembers and the thought drives suicide from his mind. He goes back to the saloon to again drink. Watching his chance, the boy escapes one day and while on his way to the old home, passes a saloon. Inside he observes Moran. Moran comes out and starts for the river, again determined on suicide. "Boy" follows him and Moran plunges into the water; the little fellow runs up and jumps too. Moran's efforts are turned toward saving the boy from the fate he had intended for himself. The boy leads his old friend to a hut where Moran faints from lack of food and too much drink. A passing priest is called and Moran is revived. Together the three go to the old tenement. The latent good in Moran, through the loyalty of "boy," has been aroused and as time passes he reforms. Firm in his struggle he becomes a lay brother of the priesthood. The boy becomes a singer in the choir. Meanwhile, the widow, still leading her old life, passes the monastery. She hears the voice of her son singing. The boy recognizes her and accompanies her to her home. She finds another woman in her place. At the point of a pistol the widow drives her out. The "man," furious, leaves her. But the mother finds comfort in her son and when he consents to remain with her, she determines to lead a better life. The priests from the monastery have searched in vain for the boy. Nothing is heard of him until the mother calls a priest to attend him; the boy is sick. Moran accompanies the good father. Recognizing him, the widow hides. Moran, when told that the little fellow is dying, is heartbroken, and as the little fellow passes away we find the two who loved him best, the idler Moran and the widow, weeping over him with joined hands. The widow urges Moran to take her with him. He tells her of his entering the priesthood. Moran, however, finds a way out by having the sisters care for her. In time to come the widow becomes a sister herself. Side by side the monastery and nunnery stand and from the latticed windows Moran and the widow look upon each other, at peace with the world and themselves. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Alec B. Francis Moran Moran See fewer	Oliver Twist (1933)
Charles Jackson Young Casey Young Casey See fewer	The Power and the Glory (1918)
Belle Adair Actress Actress See fewer	Man of the Hour (1914)
Helen Marten Actress Actress See fewer	Corruption (1917)