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  • The Memory Tree (1915)
  • Short | Short, Drama, War
The Memory Tree (1915)
Short | Short, Drama, War
The play begins with preparations for the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the closing of the Civil War, in a Southern town. The committee chooses the veterans of the highest rank to lead the parade. The honors fall to Colonel ...See moreThe play begins with preparations for the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the closing of the Civil War, in a Southern town. The committee chooses the veterans of the highest rank to lead the parade. The honors fall to Colonel Fitzhugh who fought with the blue. As Fitzhugh leaves his house he meets old McCormick, a Confederate veteran, and Fitzhugh shows the bitter hatred he cherishes for the kind old fellow. That night Fitzhugh's memory goes back to the past. Just before the war, both Fitzhugh and McCormick were rivals for the hand of Mollie Crane, a village belle, and in the bark of the tree beneath which Fitzhugh had wooed Mollie he has carved her initials and his own. Mollie, however, has secretly given her heart to McCormick. When the war begins and the men are called to the colors, Fitzhugh remains loyal to the Union, but McCormick joins the rebels. McCormick calls to bid good-bye to Mollie. He surprises Fitzhugh and Mollie in the garden. Fitzhugh is proposing to Mollie who promises to give her answer after the war. Their backs are turned toward him and their attitude leads him to believe that Fitzhugh is the favored suitor. During the war, Captain Fitzhugh is captured and led before Captain McCormick as a prisoner. McCormick assists him to escape for Mollie's sake. The war is over. Fitzhugh finds that in the design he has carved in the tree McCormick's initials have been substituted for his own. When McCormick arrives, Mollie leads him to the tree. He discovers his error and they are married in the village chapel. But the same night his hatred changes to remorse. He breaks down and tells his daughter the whole story, that McCormick is the worthier man. and that the honors of the coming celebration should go to him. She consoles him and suggests that he and his comrades call on McCormick and confer the honor upon him. This Fitzhugh brings about. The veterans call at the old shack in which McCormick lives and find him seated at a table, dead. The picture diaphragms out with McCormick being buried with military honors. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Lorimer Johnston
Writer
Raymond L. Schrock (story)
Producer
Carl Laemmle
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Updated May 27, 1915
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May 27, 1915 (United States)

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