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  • On a Tramp Steamer (1911)
  • Short | Drama, Short
On a Tramp Steamer (1911)
Short | Drama, Short
Jim, a stoker on a tramp steamer, meets Joe, a boyhood friend, who is down-on-his-luck. Jim's heart melts in sympathy for him and he offers him the shelter of his home and gives him a job as his assistant on the steamer. While eating from ...See moreJim, a stoker on a tramp steamer, meets Joe, a boyhood friend, who is down-on-his-luck. Jim's heart melts in sympathy for him and he offers him the shelter of his home and gives him a job as his assistant on the steamer. While eating from Jim's table and partaking of his hospitality, Joe meets Jim's sweetheart Meg, and thrusts his attentions upon her. Her love for Jim antagonizes Joe and he becomes very jealous of his friend. Meg has had a new photograph of herself taken and inscribes "To my boy from his loving Meg," which she intends to send to Jim after he has sailed. She placed it in her work-basket--from which Joe steals it. The steamer on which the men are employed sails on a long trip. During the voyage Jim often looks at Meg's picture, thinking of the time when he can claim her as his wife. Joe notes this and to disturb Jim's mind he shows him the picture which he has stolen and tells his benefactor that Meg gave it to him. Later on while they are working in the furnace room, Joe speaks of Meg's duplicity. Jim defends her name, and a fight ensues. Jim knocks his antagonist insensible. During the fight the vessel strikes a rock and the water is fast pouring into the room; Jim again shows his magnanimity by lifting his enemy in his arms and carrying him to safety on the deck. The small boat is loosened from its davits and the unconscious man placed in it. Jim rushes back to the cabin to secure some of his belongings. The little boat cannot hold to, is swept away from the wreck and Jim is left alone. Joe with the rest of the crew manage to reach port and he makes his way back to Jim's sweetheart and tells her that Jim was lost at sea. He tries to induce her to marry him. From the unfortunate steamer Jim manages to save himself on a raft; he is picked up by a passing steamer, which carries him home, where he arrives in time to contradict Joe's statements, and makes himself and Meg two of the happiest people in the world. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Jul 19, 1911
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Jul 19, 1911 (United States)

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