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Friend John (1913)

1913 · Silent film · dir. Arthur V. Johnson

  • Drama
  • Short

Synopsis

John Franklin, a stolid Quaker, devotes his simple life to the Lord and horses, worshiping the former, shoeing the latter. His sister, Priscilla, is housekeeper. In the depths of John's big, simple heart, love is growing for Ruth, daughter of the Rogers, staunch Quakers. Howard Clark, an idle, rich young man, makes it his business to become acquainted with the young Quakeress, and when she chides him for his reckless, sinful ways, he tells her that he would reform if she would help him. The…

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Details

Director
Arthur V. Johnson
Studio
Lubin Manufacturing Company
Released
1913-03-21

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