Bud Johnson, a halfwitted youth, is in love with Ruth Bradley, the belle of the village. Ed Moore, a young farmer, proposes and is accepted. Bud hears of this and plans some way in which he can revenge himself. Ruth and Ed elope and are married. She writes home to her father, begging forgiveness. He softens and answers her letter, bidding her come home at once. When he mails it, however, it falls out of the chute and is found by the halfwitted boy. who, seeing it is addressed to Ruth, opens and reads it. He tears it into bits. The young people, receiving no answer, conclude that the old man will not relent. Ed goes to work in the city and they soon have their own home. Repenting, Bud sets out to find them. After a search lasting two years, he finally locates them in time to save their baby's life and bring all three home to the waiting father. This much done, the poor halfwitted boy, asking forgiveness, dies.
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The Half-Wit è stato rilasciato il 29 marzo 1913.
The Half-Wit ha una durata di 11min.
Bud Johnson, a halfwitted youth, is in love with Ruth Bradley, the belle of the village. Ed Moore, a young farmer, proposes and is accepted. Bud hears of this and plans some way in which he can revenge himself. Ruth and Ed elope and are married. She writes home to her father, begging forgiveness. He softens and answers her letter, bidding her come home at once. When he mails it, however, it falls out of the chute and is found by the halfwitted boy. who, seeing it is addressed to Ruth, opens and reads it. He tears it into bits. The young people, receiving no answer, conclude that the old man will not relent. Ed goes to work in the city and they soon have their own home. Repenting, Bud sets out to find them. After a search lasting two years, he finally locates them in time to save their baby's life and bring all three home to the waiting father. This much done, the poor halfwitted boy, asking forgiveness, dies.
The Half-Wit è un film Short, Dramma.