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Muggins (1916)
Short | Short, Drama

Muggins (1916)

Short | Short, Drama

Jeanne had been accustomed, all her life, to have whatever she desired. Seth Thorne, a man whose chief asset was a healthy body and a great longing for outdoors, had entered her life. She was attracted by his strong ways, and the two were ...See moreJeanne had been accustomed, all her life, to have whatever she desired. Seth Thorne, a man whose chief asset was a healthy body and a great longing for outdoors, had entered her life. She was attracted by his strong ways, and the two were soon married. Jeanne's sister, Marcia, a rich widow, had vigorously protested against the match. At the time the story opens Jeanne is beginning to feel vague stirrings of dissatisfaction. Seth is still a dreamer and only works their little farm enough to get an existence out of it. Muggins, their child, is very much in love with her father and he slights his work in order to play with the child. After a particularly hard day Jeanne tells Seth that she cannot stand the poverty any longer. Her mood softens when Seth tells her that he would do anything in the world to please her, but that it seems impossible for him to make money. Marcia decides to pay a visit to Jeanne. She sees Jeanne's dissatisfaction and pleads with her to come back to the city and enjoy the happiness which she is entitled to. Seth learns of the new arrangement and is dazed by the loss of both Jeanne and the baby. Marcia tells Seth that he has had his chance to make them happy and failed. She contrasts the life that Muggins will lead left on the farm with the many advantages she would have in a wealthy home in the city. Seth realizes the truth of what she has said and consents to let them go. Jeanne takes up the gay life she lived before her marriage. A young doctor admires her very much and the two are together a great deal. Little Muggins is left in care of a nurse and has every conceivable toy to make her happy, but thinks more of the plain doll that her daddy made her than she does of all her new things. Her mother tells Muggins that she has no father. Jeanne is angry because the child persists in playing with the doll and throws it out the window. Muggins is put to bed and the nurse leaves to carry out a flirtation with the butler. The child misses her doll and slips out of the house to look for it. She becomes tired, and lying down in the grass, falls asleep. The searchers find her asleep, wet and bedraggled. The days have been sad ones for Seth, and unable to tolerate it any longer he sets out for the city. The exposure has resulted in sickness to the little one. Her mother still leaves her to the nurse and her condition becomes serious. Seth, knowing that Jeanne and her sister would probably refuse to allow him to see the child, decides to sneak into the house. He prowls about until he locates what he thinks is Muggins' room, but is seen by one of the gardeners, who shoots at him. The shot strikes him in the neck and he falls among the shrubbery. The man thinks the intruder has left and Seth stealthily makes his way to the window of Muggins' room. The nurse has left the room for a few minutes and Seth finds the little one very still. He takes her up and finds that she is delirious and calling for her daddy. The young doctor and Jeanne are together, when Jeanne suddenly feels that she must go and see the child. The doctor offers to accompany her, and the two go up to the room. Seth sees them and places the child back in bed. He and Jeanne look at each other, while the doctor examines the child. Seth starts to go away, but his wound has made him very weak and he falls to the floor. Jeanne realizes that after all Seth means a great deal to her and goes to him. The doctor takes charge and realizing that Jeanne can never be his, he leaves them. A short time later the patients are both back home at the old cabin and the child is on the road to recovery. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Gretchen Lederer Jeanne Jeanne See fewer	The Silent Lady (1917)
Norbert A. Myles Seth Thorne Seth Thorne See fewer	The Daughter of Dawn (1920)
Elizabeth Janes Muggins Muggins See fewer	The Dream Lady (1918)
C. Norman Hammond Fred Bradley Fred Bradley See fewer	Dr. Jack (1922)
Adele Farrington Marcia Marcia See fewer	Too Much Johnson (1919)