The Shadows of a Great City
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A merchant's son falls in love with the daughter of an inventor, but following the inventor's sudden death, the merchant makes a fortune by claiming as his own the inventor's newest unpatented device. The businessman offers his son a half interest in the business on the condition that the boy abandon his sweetheart, whereupon the young man angrily leaves home and becomes a dock laborer. One day, the boy pushes the foreman into the river during a quarrel and, soon afterwards, is arrested for murder and sentenced to Blackwells Island. Upon learning that the foreman still lives, the boy escapes and returns to his sweetheart, who presents the case to the governor. Pardoned, the boy settles down with his girl.
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This picture was filmed in and around New York City. Actor Thomas Jefferson was the son of famous actor Joseph Jefferson, one of the authors of the play on which this film is based. The copyright entry for this film lists Herbert Blaché and Aaron Hoffman as authors. As Blaché, at this time, was a producer and director for Popular Plays and Players, who often wrote the scenarios for his films, and Hoffman was a scenarist for the company, it is possible that Blaché directed the film and wrote the scenario with Hoffman. However, the copyright listing for author is often inaccurate and no other source has been located to verify Blaché's and Hoffman's participation in the film.
