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The Big Sister's Christmas (1914)
Short | Short, Drama, Romance

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The Big Sister's Christmas (1914)

Short | Short, Drama, Romance

Marty and her "big sister" Ann live with their father, Martin Towne, in a tenement. Marty attends a party at the Settlement House along with other young people, among them her sweetheart, Bob. While there Marty is introduced to John Waters...See moreMarty and her "big sister" Ann live with their father, Martin Towne, in a tenement. Marty attends a party at the Settlement House along with other young people, among them her sweetheart, Bob. While there Marty is introduced to John Waters, a popular young artist, who has a drawing class at the settlement Marty always has had some little talent in drawing and Waters becomes interested in her, much to Bob's displeasure. He is invited to have supper with them the next evening and accepts the invitation. It is then he meets and becomes interested in Marty's self-sacrificing sister, Ann. Ann believes that Waters is interested in Marty in other ways than from an artistic standpoint, and although she is attracted to the clean-cut young fellow, she feels she cannot allow herself to stand between her sister and her sweetheart. She therefore does not encourage Waters. Waters becomes a more-than-welcome guest at the humble tenement house. Ann secretly has been making a gorgeous new dress for Marty as a Christmas gift. Bob, Marty's sweetheart, is there and there is great merry-making. Ann and Marty are shut in a side room, while Waters, with Bob's assistance, brings in and sets up a beautiful Christmas tree. In the other room Ann and Marty are jubilant. In her excitement Marty accidentally tips over a lamp and her dress catches fire. Ann endeavors to put it out with her bare hands. Hearing the noise the others break into the bedroom. Waters puts out the fire, while Ann hides her blistered hands behind her. He discovers her injury and she is cared for. They then adjourn to the living room, where the Christmas tree is a blaze of glory. Waters then opens his gift packages. Marty's father receives a notice of a bank clerkship secured for him by Waters. Marty receives a note from the committee of the Students' Art League of her election to membership through the efforts of John Waters. At last when Ann has gone into her own room to cry, believing she has been forgotten in the general distribution of presents, Waters presents her with a singularly small package, which upon opening she finds contains a ring. The closing scene of the photoplay shows Ann, her head pillowed on Waters' chest, looking out through the tenement window at the gently falling snow as it covers the earth in its winding sheet. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Herbert Rawlinson John Waters John Waters See fewer	The Flame Fighter (1925)
Ann Little Ann Towne (as Anna Little) Ann Towne (as Anna Little) See fewer	The Blue Fox (1921)
Helen Leslie Marty Towne Marty Towne See fewer	Timothy Dobbs, That's Me (1916)
William Worthington Martin Towne Martin Towne See fewer	The Clock (1917)
Richard Rosson Bob Bob See fewer	Scarface (1932)