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His Change of Heart
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: William Jefferson [Doctor Rhodes], Isabel Rea [the railroad president’s daughter], Franklin Ritchie [President Bolt of the railroad]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 18 September 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] A young surgeon, on sick call at the railroad yards, sees a little girl killed by a train. While he is describing the fatality to his sweetheart, her father, the president of the road, is in the next room, ordering the claim agents to make no settlement with the child’s parents. The young man’s denunciations are overheard by the girl’s father and he is ordered out of the house. Next day, while the girl is motoring to town to meet him, her automobile is struck by a train and she is carried to the hospital, where her lover’s skill saves her life. Her father, called back from a trip in his private car, rushes to the hospital and, at sight of his daughter, realizes his injustice to the dead child’s parents and to the young surgeon.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 7 January 2025.
References: Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.
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