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  • The Old Fogey (1914)
  • Short | Short, Drama
The Old Fogey (1914)
Short | Short, Drama
Ezra, a trusted bookkeeper, receives an invitation to the circus from his employer. The invitation recalls to his mind the days of his youth when he first went to the circus, taking with him the girl he loved. It was a fateful pleasure ...See moreEzra, a trusted bookkeeper, receives an invitation to the circus from his employer. The invitation recalls to his mind the days of his youth when he first went to the circus, taking with him the girl he loved. It was a fateful pleasure trip for him. De Mauvais, the head ring-master, a handsome but unscrupulous man, at once became an object of great attraction to Alva, Ezra's sweetheart. After the performance the girl expressed a desire to meet the man and congratulate him upon his skill. The next day Ezra received a note from Alva telling him that she is going away with the man she loves. With these recollections in his mind, Ezra sets out for the circus, taking with him the little daughter of his employer. To his great surprise, he recognizes in the woman lion tamer his sweetheart of the by-gone years, and feeling the call of the old love, makes himself known to her. De Mauvais has failed to marry the girl, and daily contact with his coarse nature has brought her to his level. In spite of his ill-treatment, Alva still loves the man and finds great unhappiness in the fact that she has occasion to suspect his fidelity to her. The day after her meeting with Ezra, De Mauvais tells Alva that he has a business engagement and leaves the circus to keep an appointment at a restaurant with another woman. Ezra, to renew old times, invites Alva to dine with him at the same restaurant. She accompanies him. Seeing De Mauvais there, she at once perceives the nature of his "business engagement." The next morning she reproaches him. He tells her that he must have ten thousand dollars at once and that if she secures it for him he will throw over the other woman. Meanwhile Ezra's mind is filled with dreams of a little home with Alva as his wife. Alva decides at once to use her old sweetheart as a means to regain her lover's affection. She writes a letter to herself, ostensibly from her attorney, stating that the mortgage on her late uncle's estate will be foreclosed at once unless ten thousand dollars is paid, also that the attorney has a client who will pay twice as much for the property two or three days later. Armed with this letter, she goes to Ezra's boarding house and proceeds to delude him into the belief that the little home and marriage to him are likewise much in her thoughts. When she judges that the time is ripe, she shows him the fake letter and asks his financial aid. He tells her that his savings only amount to two thousand dollars, but she insists that it is only for a day that she needs the money, and Ezra is persuaded to make up the balance from a large sum belonging to his employer which he took home with him that day, as it was too late to bank it. The girl no sooner departs with the money than Ezra finds, from a note which she accidentally dropped, the depth of her perfidy. Half crazed by what he has done he leaves at once for the circus grounds. Meanwhile, De Mauvais receives a visit from his latest love in his office. Excited by her visit, he neglects to close the door of the lion's cage and one of them escapes and makes for the mountains. Into the car comes also Alva, and the other woman barely has time to hide. Alva gives the money to De Mauvais and in a few moments the guilty pair are confronted by the excited Ezra. He demands the money and Alva denies that she has received any from him. Realizing the weakness of his case through lack of witnesses, Ezra leaves broken-hearted. The other woman hears him departing and thinking that Alva is leaving, comes out of her hiding place. Enraged by this evidence of her lover's perfidy, Alva seeks to take a loaded revolver from De Mauvais' desk. De Mauvais tries to take it from her. The revolver is discharged and the other woman is stretched dying upon the floor. Realizing that he will be accused of the crime, De Mauvais makes his escape to the mountains, followed by the police. As he climbs higher and higher among the rocks to escape his pursuers, fate leads him to the spot where the escaped lion has taken refuge. The lion becomes an instrument of the law's vengeance and leaping upon De Mauvais he hurls him to the ground, dead. A few moments later the police arrive and take his body back to the circus. There they find in his pocket the money which Alva gave him and they restore it to her. Overcome with remorse and feeling pity for the man whom she nearly ruined, she goes to Ezra and restores his money in time to save him from disgrace. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Nov 30, 1914
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Nov 1914 (United States)

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3 cast members
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Sam Coit
Ezra - the Old Fogey Ezra - the Old Fogey   See fewer
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Nell Craig
Alva - Ezra's Sweetheart Alva - Ezra's Sweetheart   See fewer
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Walter Hitchcock
De Mauvais De Mauvais   See fewer
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