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  • Her Diary (I) (1912)
  • Short | Short, Comedy, Drama
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Her Diary (I) (1912)
Short | Short, Comedy, Drama
In reduced circumstances, Mrs. Swanson, a widowed lady of gentle birth, is obliged to sell her home, which is purchased by her avaricious brother, John. She uses the money to keep her only son, Warren, in college. He graduates with high ...See moreIn reduced circumstances, Mrs. Swanson, a widowed lady of gentle birth, is obliged to sell her home, which is purchased by her avaricious brother, John. She uses the money to keep her only son, Warren, in college. He graduates with high honors, and has scarcely started on a business career, when he is accused of defalcation. She spends her savings in his defense, but in vain. Her son in prison, and her money gone, aged and too proud to ask for assistance, she goes to the poor house. After three years, she receives word that her brother John has died, and willed her the property which he so heartlessly took from her. In fact, he makes her the sole heir of all his wealth. She returns to the old homestead. Sitting in her loneliness, she takes her constant companion, her diary of the eventful happenings of her life, from her hand-bag, and reads the records of the past. They appear vividly before her, from her wedding day to the time of her boy's arrest, then the sacrifice of her home, the eviction by her brother, her son's imprisonment and her journey to the poor house. These entries touch her deeply, and while weeping her boy returns to her from jail, saying, "The guilty man, on his death bed, confessed the crime for which I suffered, but to-day I am innocent, free, and again with you to sustain and comfort you for all you have done and passed through for me." Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Jun 18, 1912
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Jun 18, 1912 (United States)

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