Switchtower, The 1913

He was a regular boy and his father a switchman. The boy determined to be like his dad and spent his play hours around, the switch-tower. Thus at the crucial moment he was able to save his father’s honor as a switchman, when the struggle between love and duty came and later to come to the aid of his parents in the hands of the desperate counterfeiters, eventually causing their capture.

Genre: Short Films Silent
Starring: Henry B. Walthall, Claire McDowell, Marion Emmons
Year: 1913
Color/BW: Black & White
Director: Anthony O'Sullivan
Movie Type: Public Domain Short Films
Decade: 1910s
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