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  • The Great Treasure (1917)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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The Great Treasure (1917)
Short | Short, Drama
Two "river rats," Red and Skinny, incur the gratitude of Jack Curtis because they buy food for his dying mother. Henry Rowland, facing ruin through a slump in the stock market, borrows $150,000 from Edwin Stevens, a former rival, on stock ...See moreTwo "river rats," Red and Skinny, incur the gratitude of Jack Curtis because they buy food for his dying mother. Henry Rowland, facing ruin through a slump in the stock market, borrows $150,000 from Edwin Stevens, a former rival, on stock certificates which have been entrusted to him by the court. Stevens secretly informs the court that Rowland has realized money on the securities, and Rowland is summoned. Unless he can get possession of the securities, Rowland knows he is lost. He determines to have Jack Curtis, who lives in one of his tenements, to rob the safe, and he does so Jack has wandered into a settlement mission where he sees Dorothy, Rowland's daughter, and through his trials and tribulations, retains a sweet memory of the girl. He finally presents himself at Rowland's offices, explains his desire to go straight and is given the opportunity. After two years of reformation, he has won the love of Dorothy. The girl's father discovers this fact and denounces Jack as a thief, forgetting that it was he, Rowland, who had urged the man to steal the securities. Later. Dorothy realizes through the instrumentality of one of the "river rats," that Jack Curtis has been shielding her father at the sacrifice of his own happiness and the lovers are once more united. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Otis Thayer
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Updated Feb 19, 1917
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Feb 19, 1917 (United States)

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