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Heard Over the Phone (1908) Online

Heard Over the Phone (1908) Online
Original Title :
Heard Over the Phone
Genre :
Movie / Short / Drama
Year :
1908
Type :
Movie
Rating :
6.4/10

A Cloudless Sky: Mother and little daughter gathering flowers. Mother fondly watches from the Porch. A happy family group, amid beautiful home surroundings. Making an Enemy: Father visits ... See full summary

Heard Over the Phone (1908) Online

A Cloudless Sky: Mother and little daughter gathering flowers. Mother fondly watches from the Porch. A happy family group, amid beautiful home surroundings. Making an Enemy: Father visits the stable, finds favorite horse lame. Blames hostler. Hot words, blows follow. Hostler summarily discharged. Swears vengeance. The "Snake in the Grass:" Father about to depart for business. Wife and child wave "adieu." Hostler watches from under cover, wife and child at his mercy, determines to steal child. Hostler Acts: Father gone, "coast clear." Hostler reconnoiters. In an ugly mood, climbs porch. Before the Storm: Mother and child in sitting room; mother reading to child, has presentiment of danger, hears footsteps, rushes to 'phone. At Husband's Office: Husband called up, is startled, thinks wife unduly alarmed. tries to allay her fears, advises calmness. A Terrible Ordeal: Sudden interruption (wife drops receiver). A masked face at the window. Husband hears crash of broken glass, the hostler's...

Released as a split reel along with A Comedy in Black and White (1908).