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Giovanni's Gratitude (1913)
Short | 21 min | Short, Drama

Giovanni's Gratitude (1913)

Short | 21 min | Short, Drama

George Rankin is superintendent of a large factory. He is out walking with his wife when they see a crowd of boys attacking a young Italian newsboy. They rescue him, take him to a restaurant, and give him some money. A year later, the ...See moreGeorge Rankin is superintendent of a large factory. He is out walking with his wife when they see a crowd of boys attacking a young Italian newsboy. They rescue him, take him to a restaurant, and give him some money. A year later, the boy's grandmother dies. Being left alone, he remembers Rankin, and going to his factory, receives employment. He gains the enmity of two Italian workmen and later discovers them in a plot to blow up Rankin's home. Rankin discharges them. The two Italians return to their homes. That evening they see the boy talking to a young girl. They attack him, and he, in self-defense, draws his knife. An old peace-loving Italian jumps between them and receives a stab from one of the Italians By lying they fasten the crime upon the boy, who, half believing that he really struck the old man, takes to the hills. A crowd of Italians, together with the sheriff and his posse, search for him. While in hiding in the woods the boy again overbears the two Italians plotting to blow up Rankin's home that night. The boy is torn between conflicting emotions whether to save himself or his friend, Rankin. Looking down from a hill, which overlooks the back of Rankin's home, he sees the two Italians throw a lighted bomb through the cellar window of Rankin's home. Running madly down he enters the cellar through the window, gets the bomb and throws it out of the window, just as the two black hands, who saw him enter the cellar, rush up to restrain him. They are just in time to receive the full force of the bomb. This ends their lives and their plan of revenge. The explosion brings Rankin and his wife from the house. At this point the boy's sweetheart comes upon the scene. She was an unseen witness of the old Italian's death. Explanations follow and the boy is cleared and received into Rankin's home. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
George Siegmann George Rankin George Rankin See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Irene Hunt Mrs. George Rankin Mrs. George Rankin See fewer	Oliver Twist, Jr. (1921)
Jack Pickford Giovanni Giovanni See fewer	Brown of Harvard (1926)
Ralph Fitzsimmons Pietro Pietro See fewer	Giovanni's Gratitude (1913)
Thomas R. Mills Mario (as Ralph R. Mills) Mario (as Ralph R. Mills) See fewer	It's Love I'm After (1937)
Ethel Kauffman Pipa (as Ethel Kaufman) Pipa (as Ethel Kaufman) See fewer	Gwendolin (1914)