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The Struggle Everlasting (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

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The Struggle Everlasting (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

Henry Dawson, newly graduated from law school, returns to his father's home to enter business with him. He is in love with his father's ward Louise. Slowly it dawns in Henry that his father's immense business in mining stocks is built upon...See moreHenry Dawson, newly graduated from law school, returns to his father's home to enter business with him. He is in love with his father's ward Louise. Slowly it dawns in Henry that his father's immense business in mining stocks is built upon deceit and dishonesty. Father and son quarrel. Henry's finer qualities cause him to leave home rather than participate in dishonesty. In doing this he realizes that it will mean parting from his mother and Louise. He merely tells his mother he has quarreled with his father and conceals the fact that the father's wealth has been acquired by crooked methods. Later Henry is assistant to District Attorney Atwell. At the elder Dawson's command, Louise marries his first assistant, Runnels--who mistreats her and makes her existence unhappy. District Attorney Atwell discovers the crookedness in Dawson's latest gigantic deal and starts the machinery of the federal court to indict him. Henry realizes that he will be forced to assist in running his father down, but he is firm to his honest ideals and pledges Atwell his best efforts. Dawson and Runnels realize they are lost unless they obtain the evidence in Atwell's possession. Desperate, Runnels enters Atwell's office by night to secure the evidence and Atwell catches him. A struggle follows and Runnels shoots Atwell and flees, believing Atwell dead. Meanwhile Henry has heard of Louise's unhappiness and gone to her home to learn the truth. Fleeing from arrest, Runnels enters his home to find Henry and Louise together. A fierce combat starts between the two men. Deputy marshals dispatched by the wounded district attorney enter Runnels' home and Runnels is killed trying to escape. Attorney Atwell is unable to appear in person to prosecute Dawson when the trial day arrives, and the lot falls to Henry. When the brokenhearted mother and widowed Louise hear of this, they visit Henry to attempt to dissuade him; he remains firm. Terror at the approaching trial and his inevitable disgrace has left Dawson in a serious condition. From an anteroom, Henry's mother and Louise see the son, as prosecutor, uncover his father's past before the crowd of spectators in the courtroom. They hear him present testimony that the defense lawyers cannot successfully assail. Amidst the merciless grilling, Dawson falls from the witness chair, a victim of heart failure, and he dies in his wife's arms. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Edgar Jones Henry Dawson Henry Dawson See fewer	Lonesome Corners (1922)
Louise Huff Louise Louise See fewer	Seventeen (1916)
James Daly James Dawson - the Father James Dawson - the Father See fewer	The Road o' Strife (1915)
Clara Lambert Martha Dawson - the Mother Martha Dawson - the Mother See fewer	The Rights of Man: A Story of War's Red Blotch (1915)
Ferdinand Tidmarsh John Runnels John Runnels See fewer	The College Widow (1915)
Lew Mortelle District Attorney William H. Atwell District Attorney William H. Atwell See fewer	The Inevitable Penalty (1915)
William Rausher Deputy Marshal Willis (as William Rauscher) Deputy Marshal Willis (as William Rauscher) See fewer	Dimples (1916)
Percy Winter Garvin Garvin See fewer	The Other Girl (II) (1915)