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When the Blind See (1914)
Short | Drama, Short

When the Blind See (1914)

Short | Drama, Short

Of the two sons of John Green, a retired farmer, the elder, Joe, is the practical business man. He runs the farm and makes it pay. The father is satisfied to leave everything in his hands because the younger son. Edwin, is a quiet, ...See moreOf the two sons of John Green, a retired farmer, the elder, Joe, is the practical business man. He runs the farm and makes it pay. The father is satisfied to leave everything in his hands because the younger son. Edwin, is a quiet, easy-going chap, who cares a great deal more for study than for moneymaking. Ruth, the sister, is partial to the younger. She mothers him and protects him from the hard ways of Joe. Believing that he is the only member of the family fit to have possession of the farm, Joe decides to make his title to it secure. The father signs a deed to the place, giving everything over to Joe, without examining the paper. After John Green's death Joe astounds his brother and sister by declaring his ownership of the homestead and showing the deed. He tells Edwin that there is no place for him and advises him to get out at once and shift for himself. Ruth protests and when Joe shows firmness elects to go with her younger brother who, she thinks, needs her care. The two go to the city where Edwin realizes his life-long ambition to attend medical college. Ruth never lets him know that in order to keep him in college she is obliged to work and earn money during his absence, and it never occurs to Edwin to question that the little sum they took with them when they left home would last so long as it seems to. Meanwhile Joe discovers oil on the farm and his wells make him wealthy. His enjoyment of his riches is not wholly unalloyed, however for he finds his eyesight failing. Sudden attacks of blindness which are only temporary, worry him and cause him to consult a specialist. Meanwhile, Edwin graduates from medical college as a surgeon and perfects a difficult new operation on the eyeball. The disease for which he has found a cure is the one his brother has. Neither of the brothers has kept track of the other. When Joe's specialist tells him of the young surgeon whose wonderful skill has set surgical circles agog. Joe comments on the coincident that the names are the same, but does not suspect that it is his brother. He determines to see the surgeon and goes to his office where the recognition takes place. Edwin at first refuses to perform the operation, but in the end the kind-hearted counsel of the sister induces him to relent. The operation successfully performed, Joe makes atonement for the past. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
William Parsons Joe Green Joe Green See fewer	Tarzan of the Apes (1918)
Velma Whitman Ruth Green Ruth Green See fewer	Some Boy (1917)
Lee Shumway Edwin Green (as Leon C. Shumway) Edwin Green (as Leon C. Shumway) See fewer	Go-Get-'Em, Haines (1936)
Melvin Mayo Actor Actor See fewer	The Death Warrant (1914)