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John Peabody, a blasé old martinet, tiring of commercial life, offers his son George a partnership in the business. George, however, is in love with his study of art, and his model ... See full summary

John Peabody, a blasé old martinet, tiring of commercial life, offers his son George a partnership in the business. George, however, is in love with his study of art, and his model Winnifred. He thanks his father for the generous offer, but explains that he prefers to stick to his painting. The father calls at the studio of his son and in a frenzy, demolishes everything in sight, humiliating the model Winnifred, and mutilating the almost finished picture of Psyche, which George is working on. Some five years later we see George, now happily married to Winnifred and the proud possessor of a promising son, at work in his modest studio and home. We also see old John alone in his mansion, his heart hungering for the boy whom he once called son. Moved by memories of the past the old misanthrope offers from an unknown purchaser, through an art dealer, the sum of $1,000 for his son's "Mutilated Psyche." George receives the offer, and leaves to deliver the picture. Upon his return he finds ...