Convict No. 999, lonely in his prison cell, is handed a letter one morning from his mother. The letter states that the enfeebled old lady is ill and without food or money. The convict's heart saddens as he recalls his life of crime and that he is responsible for the poor old mother's want. He prays for the opportunity to redeem himself.
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United States 30 April 1910
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03 January 1910
A girl's affections waver between the winner of a boxing match, and a greedy count.
29 July 1910
John Gary, a hotel owner, who wants to revitalize his business. After reading about a reported mermaid sighting, he has his daughter Ethel pose as a mermaid and gets a newspaper reporter to witness and photograph the mermaid.
09 June 1910
The young husband's irrational jealousy makes him suspicious of every attention bestowed upon his wife.
01 January 1910
The plot revolves around US President Abraham Lincoln pardoning a hapless sentry who had fallen asleep while on duty during the height of the American Civil War.
01 August 1910
A rejected suitor rebuffs the woman he loves after the death of her husband.
31 March 1910
A young bride wonders at her husband's frequent absences. Suspicion mounts. What can the young man find more alluring than she, herself?
05 March 1910
The film pictures scenes on a big ostrich farm in Southern California, near Los Angeles. A large flock of several hundred of the big birds are seen feeding.
02 August 1910
Anna, a beautiful girl from a poor background, is offered a well-paid position as a lady's companion in London.
28 July 1910
The West Texas Borax Company is practically insolvent. John Graham, the president, has been unable to find the white mineral in sufficient quantities to satisfy the eastern stockholders, and a letter from his partner arrives which brings the disagreeable news that their backers are about to back out, unless, in the language of Missouri, they "are shown" something.
26 September 1910
Roses and trousers have little in common and pressed roses presage something wrong in the scheme of things.
25 September 1910
A young girl living in Salem attracts the attentions of The Puritan. After he's brushed off by the girl, he becomes furious and desiring revenge, declares to a council of elders that the girl and her mother are witches.
16 May 1910
An ailing woman is visited by her family doctor. This film was seized by Austrian authorities in 1911, and the fact was announced in the Wiener Zeitung, the Official Journal of Vienna.
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