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  • The Twins (I) (1911)
  • Short | 16 min | Short, Drama
The Twins (I) (1911)
Short | 16 min | Short, Drama
The baby daughter of Mrs. Norton, a widowed seamstress, dies. The sorrow-stricken mother gazes at the empty cradle and decides to replace the departed soul with an orphan child upon whom she can lavish the love, the rightful object of ...See moreThe baby daughter of Mrs. Norton, a widowed seamstress, dies. The sorrow-stricken mother gazes at the empty cradle and decides to replace the departed soul with an orphan child upon whom she can lavish the love, the rightful object of which the Great Giver and Taker has taken from her. She goes to the orphanage and asks to be given a baby girl, and is given one of the twin baby sisters. Richard Golden, a wealthy shirtwaist manufacturer, has an only son, a little boy, who yearns for a sister and continually begs his father to bring him a little sister to be a playmate to him, and the father, to satisfy the child's persistent pleading, goes to the orphan home and brings home the other little twin sister. Years roll by and both girls have grown to young womanhood in their different stations in life. Jack Golden, now grown to manhood, and knowing that the girl is only a foster sister, asks her to become his wife. The girl consents only to end his stubborn importunings, but she really loves a chauffeur, with whom she plans to elope. The girl and the chauffeur get away in an automobile, but a mishap occurs which changes the destinies of all the characters in the incident. The car goes over a cliff and the chauffeur is killed while the girl is taken unconscious to a hospital, where being nothing on her person to disclose her identity. In the meantime, Lucy, now a seamstress and earning a livelihood for both her foster mother and herself, has been delegated by her union to call upon the Board of Directors of the shirtwaist organization to petition for shorter hours and higher wages. Mr. Golden and his son finding her there, the close resemblance to their missing one, makes them believe that she is none other. The surprised girl tells her story, but they conclude she must have lost her reason. They follow her to the home of poor old Mrs. Norton, from whom they learn that this girl is only a sister to the one whom they seek. After many fruitless searches, Mr. Golden advertises for his lost daughter and is informed by the house physician of the hospital that she is in his care. Mr. Golden hastens there only to find that she has expired. To fill the vacancy in their heart and home they offer a home of luxury to the poor twin and her aged foster mother, which offer is accepted and the spirit of the departed girl brings to her poverty-stricken the joys and ease she had enjoyed while on earth. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Phillips Smalley | Lois Weber
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Updated Jun 15, 1911
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Jun 15, 1911 (United States)

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Phillips Smalley
Jack Golden Jack Golden   See fewer
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1917)
Lois Weber
The Twin Sisters The Twin Sisters   See fewer
Suspense (1913)
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