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  • The Law of Success (1916)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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The Law of Success (1916)
Short | Short, Drama
Joseph Hight completes two models of an invention for turning wood pulp into paper. One of the models is stolen and sold to Gordon Reeper. Reeper in a few years becomes rich. Meanwhile Anna Hight dies. Her son, Vincent, an itinerant actor,...See moreJoseph Hight completes two models of an invention for turning wood pulp into paper. One of the models is stolen and sold to Gordon Reeper. Reeper in a few years becomes rich. Meanwhile Anna Hight dies. Her son, Vincent, an itinerant actor, is trying to get into vaudeville. Joseph Hight, the father, has become a tramp. Vincent happens to stop at a boarding house where Gordon Keener is a visitor. Reeper helps the young fellow secure a vaudeville opening. The sketch, which Vincent has written, is an episode in the life of his father, and concerns the stealing of Joseph Hight's invention. Helen, the daughter of the boarding housekeeper, secretly in love with Vincent, persuades the young actor to rehearse his playlet in the parlor. Reeper helps out by taking part. Vincent brings to the rehearsal a model of his famous "Reeper machine" is revealed. That same night Reeper's factory is burned. The owner is saved by a tramp. Shortly after a new firm is started called Hight, Reeper and Co. Helen marries Vincent. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Jan 2, 1916
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Jan 2, 1916 (United States)

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