The Penalty of Intemperance (1912) Streaming ITA - Alta Definizione Gratis

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• 1912
• Drammatico
• Donald MacKenzie
• Hazel Neason
• Adelaide Lawrence

John comes home intoxicated and his brutal actions compel Kate to seek the protection of the law. He is arrested for cruelty and non-support and sent to the Island. His family becomes destitute, the young girl is sent to a charitable home and Kate and the baby to the hospital on the Island. Later, her health being partially restored, Kate works for her board that she may be near her baby. The previous privation, however, has been too much for the tender child. Its weakened body finally succumbs to the illness. John, who is a prisoner on the same island, learns of Kate's presence, and upon hearing of the child's death, is grief-stricken. He secures permission to see his child before the burial. The realization comes over John that he is to blame for all this sorrow and he determines to change his ways. After the baby's death, Kate returns to the city and secures employment. Two months later John is liberated and solemnly promises his wife that he will lead a new life. Kate takes him to her heart and John secures work. When a year has passed we see the result of strict temperance arid the fulfillment of John's promise to his wife, a happy home.

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