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  • The Reincarnation of a Soul (1913)
  • Short | 27 min | Short, Drama
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The Reincarnation of a Soul (1913)
Short | 27 min | Short, Drama
Edwin August presents a psychological study in eight episodes dealing with the gradual development of inherent thieving proclivities in a child until the age of manhood. The parents see the tendency, but are unable to cope with it and ...See moreEdwin August presents a psychological study in eight episodes dealing with the gradual development of inherent thieving proclivities in a child until the age of manhood. The parents see the tendency, but are unable to cope with it and finally, believing the son to be a deliberate criminal, the father expels him from the house. The son's decline is rapid and results in a term in jail, from which he emerges a typical jail bird, the consort of pickpockets and yeggmen. At times there are flashes of his better instinct striving to overcome his weakness, but these become fewer and fewer as he passes down the social scale. At the time when things seem darkest he is in his hovel looking out into a heavy electrical storm. A flash of lightning strikes and at the same moment his soul is reincarnated. When he rises he marvels at his condition, but is unable to explain it. Wandering out upon the street, he enters an art gallery. He comes upon a girl copying a painting that vaguely recalls something familiar. The girl is his former sweetheart, but he does not recognize her. He watches her work and finally, impelled by something within him, he takes the brush from her and with a few well directed strokes turns the work into a masterpiece. She asks an explanation and he tells her that he himself painted the original. She explains the original was painted over two hundred years before, but he insists. Struck by his sincerity, she attempts to solve the mystery and later finds the explanation in a treatise on reincarnation. The thief has been conquered by the soul of the artist. They are married and later a reconciliation with his parents is affected. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Edwin August
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Pat Powers
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Sep 5, 1913 (United States)

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