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The House of Correction (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

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The House of Correction (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

George Lamere causes his loving father much pain. Finally George finds himself in a reformatory home. The home in which George finds himself is run by a so-called philanthropic magistrate. Consequently this reformatory is nothing more or ...See moreGeorge Lamere causes his loving father much pain. Finally George finds himself in a reformatory home. The home in which George finds himself is run by a so-called philanthropic magistrate. Consequently this reformatory is nothing more or less than a prison where boys are sent, at great expense to their parents, and then treated as if they were nothing more than animals. So badly are the boys treated in this particular home that many of them lose their reason entirely, while others become so weak that they can scarcely walk. This is a terrible punishment, indeed, for George, who has been reared in a kindly home. Suddenly news begins to creep into the newspapers of the scandalous way in which the Montliot Reformatory is conducted. A youth escapes and dies in the hospital as a result of the brutal treatment of the warders. For a time things look very awkward, indeed, for the magistrate and his callous confederates. The inspector of prisons is commissioned to change the life of the poor little prisoners. They are given plenty of rest and good food, and soon begin to regain their former sprightliness. The inspector of prisons arrives in due course and is entertained by the governor of the reformatory and his charming wife. So good does this entertainment prove that the inspector is content to review the reformatory from a distance and then report upon it as a "very humane and valuable institution." Directly after his departure the boys resume their old life again. The warders brutally assault them, and their food is of the poorest quality. One day a mutiny breaks out, and the boys overpower their warders and escape. In a short time the warders are upon their track and many of them are soon recaptured. This is not the case with George; he has been befriended by a big, strong-minded boy, who stands by him and helps him on his weary way. At last there comes a moment when the brutality of the reformatory does its work, and George sinks to the ground, too exhausted to make his last bid for freedom. His friend hides him in a barn and then leaves him. In the meantime the truth of the whole matter leaks out, and the news of the mutiny spreads all over the country like wildfire. Mr. and Mrs. Lamere hasten to the reformatory, where they find that their son is among the fugitives. They go in search of him, and finally arrive close to the barn in which George is hidden. He lies there spent and helpless, and hearing voices without thinks that his tormentors have come to take him back again. Preferring death to confinement in the terrible reformatory, he hangs himself from a rafter in the barn. When his father and mother enter they find him suspended there, but fortunately they arrive in time to take him down and restore him to consciousness. They take him back home again, determined that nothing shall part them in the future. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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