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Let No Man Put Asunder (1912)
Short | Drama, Short

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Let No Man Put Asunder (1912)

Short | Drama, Short

Drink is fastening its arms around Frank Downing. He has broken promise after promise made to his wife to reform and she in despair appeals to a friend, who endeavors to persuade her to leave and accept a position as teacher in the village...See moreDrink is fastening its arms around Frank Downing. He has broken promise after promise made to his wife to reform and she in despair appeals to a friend, who endeavors to persuade her to leave and accept a position as teacher in the village school in a distant part of the state. One night Downing comes home helpless, having spent his week's wages on drink, and there is no food in the house for Edna and their son Tommy. Edna has finally had enough and she and Tommy leave the degraded man to go forth into the world and earn their living. Upon arriving in the village where her school is located, Edna meets and inquires her way of John Stevens. He is a widower devoted to his little daughter Doris. Through this chance meeting a friendship is established between Edna and John, which grows stronger and stronger as time passes, until John discovers that he loves her very dearly, and asks her to be his wife. Edna then admits her love and confides her story to him. He is willing to wait until she can secure a divorce. During vacation Edna and Tommy return to their old hometown, and here she secures her freedom. While she is away a wreck of a man, practically a tramp, is arrested in the village and tries to dispose of some carpentry tools, which are recognized as the property of John Stevens. The man is Downing. He is taken to Stevens' shop so the tools can be identified. Downing makes an appeal of desperation to Stevens; touched, John saves him from the law's grasp by stating he is a new workman whom he has just employed. Downing is put to work and Stevens helps him to fight his curse. He is finally reclaimed and becomes a true man. Edna returns to the village full of hope, and Stevens, still ignorant of the relations that once existed between her and the man he has saved, is awaiting her with all a true lover's impatience. Edna enters the shop and comes face-to-face with Frank, and John learns the truth. The situation appalls all, all but John, a man who knew his God, and knowing Him, abided His will. He joins their hands, saying, "Whom God Hath Joined Together, Let No Man Put Asunder." Downing, with the past before him, refuses the sacrifice, and endeavors to leave, but John stops him. "It is God's will," he says, and the reunited husband and wife pass out of his life together. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
King Baggot John Stevens - The Good Man John Stevens - The Good Man See fewer	Jim Webb, Senator (1914)
William Robert Daly Frank Downing - The Reformed Worker (as William R. Daly) Frank Downing - The Reformed Worker (as William R. Daly) See fewer	Forgiven; or, the Jack of Diamonds (1914)
Violet Horner Edna - Frank's Wife Edna - Frank's Wife See fewer	Lena Rivers (II) (1914)
Joe Moore Tommy Downing - Their Son (as Joseph Moore) Tommy Downing - Their Son (as Joseph Moore) See fewer	The Golden Web (1926)
Edith Haldeman Doris Stevens - John's Daughter (as Edith Halderman) Doris Stevens - John's Daughter (as Edith Halderman) See fewer	Loneliness and Love (1913)