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Unrest (1914)
Short | Drama, Short

Unrest (1914)

Short | Drama, Short

Tom Dean is a mystery to his father, who has engaged Prof. Delmar, an eminent psychological scientist, to give Tom a course of special treatment. Tom has a comfortable, handsomely furnished apartment in his father's house, yet he prefers ...See moreTom Dean is a mystery to his father, who has engaged Prof. Delmar, an eminent psychological scientist, to give Tom a course of special treatment. Tom has a comfortable, handsomely furnished apartment in his father's house, yet he prefers the company of Bowery toughs, and in order to be in this questionable company, rents a room in the tenement house district. Prof. Delmar holds the belief that Tom is atavistic and that he is not living in the present age. Silas Dean has given Prof. Delmar carte blanche to find a cure for Tom and restore him to a normal condition. The Professor plots and schemes. Prof. Delmar is unremitting in his attempts to keep Tom out of the Bowery saloons and away from the toughs, and while Tom does not drink to excess he is influenced by those with whom he consorts. One day the Professor finds Tom in a Bowery groggery and persuades him to go home. On the way they see a charming girl dash by in a racing automobile. Tom shows particular interest in her, whereupon the Professor resolves upon an entirely new scheme. Tom is treated with the greatest of kindness by his father under all circumstances, and he is given to understand that he will be supplied with such funds as he desires, the only request being that he shall live at home and keep away from the Bowery. One day Mrs. Morgan and her daughter call at the Dean residence and invite Silas Dean, the Professor and Tom to go for an automobile ride. While driving through the city they are attracted by a crowd which blocks the street. The automobile proceeds slowly until they come within sight of a gang of Bowery toughs engaged in a street fight with a detachment of police. The ladies in the party are horrified, but are compelled to remain in the jam of vehicles, but Tom, impelled by that strange spirit which controls him, springs from the automobile, battles his way through the crowd until he joins the gang of toughs, and then helps them to defeat the police. Prof. Delmar, realizing that Tom is attracted by a racing automobile, influences the beautiful society girl whom Tom viewed with interest, one day, when passing in her racing machine, to help him with his treatment of the erring young man. She engages in a spirited automobile race with Tom one day, defeats him and leaves him standing by his wrecked machine. For the first time in his life Tom Dean shows an interest in a member of the gentler sex. Again Tom is governed by his feelings of unrest and consorts with his friends in the Bowery gang. He learns that Gregg, who claims the title of champion pugilist of the Bowery, spreads the report that Tom has left his haunts because of his fear of Gregg. This makes Tom angry. Accompanied by some of his rough acquaintances, he finds Gregg in a saloon, demands whether Gregg has spread such a report, and upon receiving a reply in the affirmative knocks him down. Both contestants fight furiously, but Tom finally gives the "knock-out" blow to Gregg just as the police burst in the door. Tom's friends, elated with the success of their champion, help him to elude the police and escape. The police are aware of his identity, but the prominence of Silas Dean causes the chief of police to visit his home and place the case before Tom's father. Tom is deeply penitent, but gives the excuse that a point of honor was involved and that it was not merely a bar-room brawl. He again leaves home. In the meantime, Prof. Delmar has not lost sight of Tom. Bess Garwood, the society girl who defeated Tom in the automobile race, has been impelled by a spirit of fun to follow the suggestions of the Professor, and she locates Tom under an assumed name at the seashore, engaged as a boatman. She involves him in a harmless flirtation and manages to excite his interest, but this requires some time and much skillful maneuvering. Bessie caps the climax by pretending that she is drowning in the surf, one afternoon, while Tom is out in his moat. She calls for help and he plunges into the water after her. He believes that he is rescuing a girl from drowning, but she. being an expert swimmer, is merely fooling him. Tom carries her limp body through the surf and up the beach and lays her down on the sands. Then when he exercises his skill and knowledge to resuscitate her, she springs up with a laugh and mocks him. Their acquaintance quickly ripens into love, and Silas Dean one day receives the welcome intelligence that Tom's atavistic tendencies have been cured. He brings Bessie home as his bride. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Tom Santschi Tom Dean Tom Dean See fewer	King of the Wild (1931)
Bessie Eyton Bessie Garwood Bessie Garwood See fewer	The Girl of Gold (1925)
Harry Lonsdale Professor Delmar Professor Delmar See fewer	The Ne'er Do Well (1915)
Joseph Hazelton Tom's Father (as Joe Hazelton) Tom's Father (as Joe Hazelton) See fewer	Oliver Twist (I) (1922)
Roy Watson Gregg Gregg See fewer	Chasing Trouble (1926)