Silver Threads Among the Gold
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Pierce Kingsley
Richard J. José
Mrs. R. E. French
Guy D'ennery
Dora Dean
Jack Ridgway
Film Details
Synopsis
Tom, the son of Martin, a farmer, loves the village belle, Mary Chester. At a barn dance, after Tom's rival for Mary's affection slips a girl's purse into his pocket, Tom is accused of theft. When Martin harshly rebukes him and orders him from their home, Tom's old mother, who prays for his return, is hurt deeply and becomes estranged from Martin. In New York, Tom's involvement with wicked associates leads to his incarceration in Blackwells Island. At home, Tom's mother looks in the moonlight toward the city as Martin watches her from a window. Through the intervention of an old family friend, Tom is released. While Tom's rival back home dies the death of a drunkard, Tom succeeds in business and returns home on Christmas Eve to be welcomed at the family fireside. Mary, who has remained faithful, embraces Tom, and his mother forgives Martin, who admonishes Tom to love Mary even when the silver threads come.
Director
Pierce Kingsley
Cast
Richard J. José
Mrs. R. E. French
Guy D'ennery
Dora Dean
Jack Ridgway
Dick Lee
Catherine Lee
Jane Lee
Jim Mccabe
Film Details
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
This was the first film of the K. & R. Film Co. Richard José, a tenor who was known for reviving the title song eighteen years previous to the film's production, traveled with the film and sang the title song on stage during the screening. The three songs that were sung during the film were "Every Night a Prayer Is Said," "Where Is My Wandering Boy?" and "Silver Threads Among the Gold," which was published in 1873, words by Eben E. Rexford, and music by Hart Pease Danks. This film was shown at the opening of Madison Square Garden as a motion picture theater on June 5, 1915. Seating 12,000, this was the largest motion picture theater in the world.
