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The True Love (1912)
Short | Short, Drama

The True Love (1912)

Short | Short, Drama

Angry because he fails to keep an appointment with her on time, Dorothy breaks her engagement with John, giving him back his ring. He goes to his club and takes a few drinks with his friends, leaving the club at a very late hour. On the ...See moreAngry because he fails to keep an appointment with her on time, Dorothy breaks her engagement with John, giving him back his ring. He goes to his club and takes a few drinks with his friends, leaving the club at a very late hour. On the way home he protects a shabby girl from a tough who is treating her brutally. The tough and John fight, and John succeeds in knocking him down. Then he takes the girl, Mary, to his apartment, where he places her in charge of his housekeeper. Next morning the housekeeper recalls the girl to his mind and he is quite at a loss to know what to do with her. He tells her she had better go home, but she begs him not to send her away as the tough would kill her. He sends Mary to his country home with his housekeeper. He returns to town again, but is very lonely and goes up into the country. Mary is already deeply in love with her benefactor, and John is beginning to return her love when Dorothy, regretting the broken engagement, visits him with her mother. His old love for her awakens and when she insists that he go back to town with them, he consents. Mary sees Dorothy kiss him and is heart-broken. John tells Mary that he is going away with Dorothy. At first she is hurt and grieved, and then she becomes angry. She writes a letter to the tough telling him that if he comes after her she will return with him to the city. A few days later the tough appears. He taunts her and she is half sorry that she sent for him. Dorothy and John ride by in their motor car and again Mary becomes furious. She tells the tough that John wears a lot of valuable jewelry and bids him to go after it. He loses no time and attacks John as he is walking up the path. Dorothy, seeing the tough, runs away. Mary watches the two men struggle. She is glad that the tough is getting the better of John until he suddenly pulls a revolver. Then she remembers John's kindness to her and her own love for him, and rushing toward the men, she interferes. Dorothy returns with help, but John, realizing the real worth of the other girl and her great love for him, takes her into his arms and presents her to Dorothy as his future wife. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less