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Tom Mullaney, hungry and forlorn, is one evening walking the main street of a small town. Tom accosts a man and asks for help. He is pushed aside. The poor derelict enters church and congregation look at him. The minister after a hymn commences his discourse. Many penitents approach the Evangelist and receive encouragement. Mullaney totters to the platform and falls exhausted. The minister and another man phone for an ambulance. The doctor examines the poor fellow and pronounces it a case of starvation. The minister returns to the platform and putting a bill in the plate, urges a collection for the derelict, which is freely responded to. Mullaney is taken to the hospital and the minister after seeing him safely cared for, procures provisions and clothes and visits Mullaney's wife and two children. He quickly gives relief to the starving family and takes them well wrapped up to the hospital. There he meets Steve Brandt, the man who assisted Mullaney out of the church. The nurses permit...

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    • Author: Foxanayn
    Mr. Arthur Johnson puts a good deal of imagination into this picture. Not all of its roles are so well played, but it makes a strong impression. The situation seems fresh. It has many possibilities not utilized yet. We expected an entirely different ending. But that is neither here nor there; the picture (excepting the minister, who was not very fortunately cast in this role; he had usually done much better work) gets over as a picture of life's possibilities. Mr. Johnson plays a starving man who reads on a sign that the minister, in the church, is to preach on, "Shall Never Hunger," as a text. He stumbles in, and comes forward to faint on the altar steps. The photography is clear. This picture will be very acceptable in Protestant churches (it shows a Protestant service, that is why), or at private entertainments. It is not a great picture, but a fairly strong one. We call it a feature. - The Moving Picture World, April 20, 1912
  • Cast overview:
    Arthur V. Johnson Arthur V. Johnson - Steve Brandt
    Lottie Briscoe Lottie Briscoe
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