A careless nurse girl allowing the child to wander away, made the mother realize the poignancy of the little verse: "If we knew the baby's fingers / Pressed against the window pane / Would be cold and stiff tomorrow / Never trouble us again / Would the bright eyes of our darling / catch the frown upon our brow / Would the prints of rosy fingers / Vex us then as they do now?"
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Henry B. Walthall as The Father
Blanche Sweet as The Mother
Harry Carey as The Sailor
William Courtright as The Minister
United States 01 May 1913
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1913:
20 December 1913
Lizette loves Jean but a 10,000 franc dowry insisted upon by Jean's father is keeping them apart. Paul, Lizette's "black sheep" brother, begs that she gives him her saved money so he can increase it for her - at the gaming table!! He does win but there are a few who are determined he shall not reach home with his money.
04 August 1913
A lazy sculptor squanders his advance and has to think outside the box to meet his deadline. At short notice, the sculptor has received the task of carving a copy of the famous statue “The Swimmer”.
20 January 1913
In The Struggle (Broncho, 1913) a prospector and his son Bob depart from home in the morning, while the wife, at home, offers food to a passing stranger.
06 March 1913
Dr. Henry Jekyll experiments with scientific means of revealing the hidden, dark side of man and releases a murderer from within himself.
10 October 1913
Mr. Burns, a student of Theosophy, has a dream in the hammock. He sees himself, his wife and her admirer, in a previous existence.
09 May 1913
Through the efforts of the Rev. John Drummond, who comes to a small western mining town with his little boy, all the saloons are closed.
22 June 1913
Pearl's father disapproves of her sweetheart, Chester, and tries to use a mind-over-matter technique to keep him away.
01 January 1913
Young Theresa was thought to be much favored in the love of Guido, the leader of the Italian colony. Then Angelo came.
02 May 1913
Just as the bead clerk and his assistants are closing up the jewelry store for the day, a package containing a very costly necklace arrives by special messenger.
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