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  • The Ingrate (I) (1913)
  • Short | Drama, Short
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The Ingrate (I) (1913)
Short | Drama, Short
Bill and Bess are engaged, but as Bill drinks heavily, the girl's brother, John, and his wife, together with Bess' father disapprove of the engagement John is going to the "gold country" to further work his claim and Bill asks to go. John ...See moreBill and Bess are engaged, but as Bill drinks heavily, the girl's brother, John, and his wife, together with Bess' father disapprove of the engagement John is going to the "gold country" to further work his claim and Bill asks to go. John is persuaded by his wife to agree, after she learns that Bill has promised to stop drinking. They go; months pass and nothing is heard of them. Finally they start back; but their pack mule gets away as they are passing through the desert. John goes after him and while he is gone, Bill leave the camp with the gold, he is unable to find the canteen of water, the only one left, as John had carefully hidden it. John returns, finds the gold and Bill gone, and starts to search for him. After a couple of days, the mule returns home and the father obtains a horse from a friend and starts out in search of the boys. He finds John, water gone, but still alive. They revive him and then hasten on for Bill, but death has claimed him and in his hand is a note which reads: "May God forgive me for what I have done." On the following page is written: "Tell Bess my last thoughts were of her, Bill." Taking the gold, they start back, but instead of showing Bess the entire note, be merely hands her the second page. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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David Horsley
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Updated May 2, 1913
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May 2, 1913 (United States)

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