His Sob Story
Directed by George LesseyJohn was distinctly down on his luck. He had come into the city fully prepared to set the world on fire with his genius, but as yet he had not noticed much of a conflagration as a result of his efforts. He was down to his last dollar and he still had few prospects of any sort of position. On his way to the only newspaper office he had not yet importuned with his prayers for work, he came across a shabbily-clad woman on a park bench. As he approached her, she fainted, dropping her handbag on the sidewalk. John picked the bag up, put it into his pocket, and sent for an ambulance. After the woman had been carried away he suddenly remembered that he had kept the pocketbook. Hoping to find a clue, he opened it and examined its contents: a child's photograph, a handkerchief, and a solitary nickel. On the bare chance of coming across the woman again. John made a tour of the city's hospitals, but without success. However, the handbag gave him an idea. About its pitiful contents a story gradually developed in his mind. With eager haste he rushed to the newspaper office and, brushing opposition aside by the sheer irresistibility of big purpose, he sat down at the typewriter and started his story. John had felt the pinch of poverty too closely himself not to be able to do justice to his subject. He drew a poignant picture of this woman, forced by her husband's cruelty to support herself and her child. It was all fiction for all John knew, but it was certainly a "sob story" of the first order. When John had finished, they sent his story into the editor. He read it, carelessly at first, and then with a drawn haggard look on his face. In a few moments he came out and questioned John, who told him the particulars and showed him the photograph. "The woman was my wife," said the editor simply. Jumping into a taxicab, John and the editor commenced another tour of the hospitals, and this time the search was successful. When they found the woman, she forgave the editor for the misunderstanding that had driven them apart and the grateful editor promised John a first-class position on the paper.
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His Sob Story was released on 15 maja 1914.
His Sob Story was directed by George Lessey.
His Sob Story has a runtime of 23 min.
John was distinctly down on his luck. He had come into the city fully prepared to set the world on fire with his genius, but as yet he had not noticed much of a conflagration as a result of his efforts. He was down to his last dollar and he still had few prospects of any sort of position. On his way to the only newspaper office he had not yet importuned with his prayers for work, he came across a shabbily-clad woman on a park bench. As he approached her, she fainted, dropping her handbag on the sidewalk. John picked the bag up, put it into his pocket, and sent for an ambulance. After the woman had been carried away he suddenly remembered that he had kept the pocketbook. Hoping to find a clue, he opened it and examined its contents: a child's photograph, a handkerchief, and a solitary nickel. On the bare chance of coming across the woman again. John made a tour of the city's hospitals, but without success. However, the handbag gave him an idea. About its pitiful contents a story gradually developed in his mind. With eager haste he rushed to the newspaper office and, brushing opposition aside by the sheer irresistibility of big purpose, he sat down at the typewriter and started his story. John had felt the pinch of poverty too closely himself not to be able to do justice to his subject. He drew a poignant picture of this woman, forced by her husband's cruelty to support herself and her child. It was all fiction for all John knew, but it was certainly a "sob story" of the first order. When John had finished, they sent his story into the editor. He read it, carelessly at first, and then with a drawn haggard look on his face. In a few moments he came out and questioned John, who told him the particulars and showed him the photograph. "The woman was my wife," said the editor simply. Jumping into a taxicab, John and the editor commenced another tour of the hospitals, and this time the search was successful. When they found the woman, she forgave the editor for the misunderstanding that had driven them apart and the grateful editor promised John a first-class position on the paper.
The key characters in His Sob Story are The Editor (Charles Ogle), John - The Reporter (Ben F. Wilson), The Editor's Wife (Mathilde Baring).
His Sob Story is a Short, Dramat film.