Adrift
Directed by O.A.C. LundIn a little town in the Canadian woods a boy and girl live and love. Her father and his mother, nursing a life-long feud, forbid the two to associate. However, love finds a way and when the play opens we find them seated by a stream in the woods, casting sticks into the water. But the father learns of the clandestine meetings and decides to send his girl away to an aunt's to live. The boy and girl meet for the last time. Like the two sticks in the stream which drift away from each other, they must part with the hope of meeting again someday. Meanwhile the father, missing his daughter, goes to the young trapper's house. The latter's mother forces him out of the door with a broom. Like two children they cannot forget their petty grievances, although lurking underneath is something more than friendship. That night the young trapper goes to the general store with his mother. While there the girl's father enters. His anger bests him. He attempts to draw his gun. There is a struggle; the gun is exploded and the boy's mother falls. Believing that he has killed her the man fights his way out and takes to the trail. The mother is only shocked, however, and after being carried home, she begs her son to go after the old man. On the trail of "The Little Sticks" the old trapper has penetrated far into the north. Having lost his way he is slowly freezing to death. The boy starts, following the trail. After weary hours he is about to give up when, glancing down he sees a man struggling on the icy rocks underneath the rapids. He makes his way down and attempts to drag him up. The ice and cold are too much. He loses his footing and locked in each other's embrace they crash down the bank over the rocks and into the water. Half dead, the young trapper straggles with the man to the opposite bank and falls into a boat which is drawn up. He has just enough strength to push her off and they float down the river towards the waterfalls and certain death. The mail driver, making his round, sees the floating boat. Watching his opportunity he drags it to the bank and. lifting the prostrate forms out, throws them on his sleigh and drives to town. Meanwhile, a party finding his coat and hat bring them back to his mother, who believes her son frozen to death. Meanwhile, the girl has received a cold reception at her aunt's. She returns to her home the next day. The two men, recovered, also return. As the young trapper is making his way down the trail, he sees the girl coming toward him. Another minute and they are in each other's arms. They sit down contentedly watching two sticks floating by which have gradually gone together until they become entwined. Her father is bending over the boy's mother, while they see the dawn of something more than renewed friendship shining in each other's eyes.
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Adrift was released on March 25, 1914.
Adrift was directed by O.A.C. Lund.
Adrift has a runtime of 13m.
In a little town in the Canadian woods a boy and girl live and love. Her father and his mother, nursing a life-long feud, forbid the two to associate. However, love finds a way and when the play opens we find them seated by a stream in the woods, casting sticks into the water. But the father learns of the clandestine meetings and decides to send his girl away to an aunt's to live. The boy and girl meet for the last time. Like the two sticks in the stream which drift away from each other, they must part with the hope of meeting again someday. Meanwhile the father, missing his daughter, goes to the young trapper's house. The latter's mother forces him out of the door with a broom. Like two children they cannot forget their petty grievances, although lurking underneath is something more than friendship. That night the young trapper goes to the general store with his mother. While there the girl's father enters. His anger bests him. He attempts to draw his gun. There is a struggle; the gun is exploded and the boy's mother falls. Believing that he has killed her the man fights his way out and takes to the trail. The mother is only shocked, however, and after being carried home, she begs her son to go after the old man. On the trail of "The Little Sticks" the old trapper has penetrated far into the north. Having lost his way he is slowly freezing to death. The boy starts, following the trail. After weary hours he is about to give up when, glancing down he sees a man struggling on the icy rocks underneath the rapids. He makes his way down and attempts to drag him up. The ice and cold are too much. He loses his footing and locked in each other's embrace they crash down the bank over the rocks and into the water. Half dead, the young trapper straggles with the man to the opposite bank and falls into a boat which is drawn up. He has just enough strength to push her off and they float down the river towards the waterfalls and certain death. The mail driver, making his round, sees the floating boat. Watching his opportunity he drags it to the bank and. lifting the prostrate forms out, throws them on his sleigh and drives to town. Meanwhile, a party finding his coat and hat bring them back to his mother, who believes her son frozen to death. Meanwhile, the girl has received a cold reception at her aunt's. She returns to her home the next day. The two men, recovered, also return. As the young trapper is making his way down the trail, he sees the girl coming toward him. Another minute and they are in each other's arms. They sit down contentedly watching two sticks floating by which have gradually gone together until they become entwined. Her father is bending over the boy's mother, while they see the dawn of something more than renewed friendship shining in each other's eyes.
The key characters in Adrift are The Boy (O.A.C. Lund), The Girl (Barbara Tennant), The Boy's Mother (Julia Stuart).
Adrift is a Short, Drama film.