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  • Eldora, the Fruit Girl (1910)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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Eldora, the Fruit Girl (1910)
Short | Short, Drama
John Norwood's real estate office is the opening scene in the picture, and in it we are shown little Eldora, the fruit girl, making her usual call to pay her rent. Robert, Mr. Norwood's son, a boy of about twenty years of age, has become ...See moreJohn Norwood's real estate office is the opening scene in the picture, and in it we are shown little Eldora, the fruit girl, making her usual call to pay her rent. Robert, Mr. Norwood's son, a boy of about twenty years of age, has become accustomed to see little Eldora on her visits. At first, it was merely a passing glance, but at last a friendship sprang up between them which soon ripened into deep love. All this is unknown to the father, who has made other plans for his boy's future; and so deep are they that he even arranges the evening on which his son Robert is to propose to the girl of his choice. This is carried out so completely by the old folks that the young couple are left together conveniently for this very purpose, and Robert is so completely under his father's rule that he is almost on the very point of asking the momentous question of the waiting maiden. Ashamed of his weakness, Robert leaves the house hurriedly and seeking his father confides to him the truth of his affection for Eldora. The next day he sends for Eldora and shows her how little she is fit to become the wife of his son, pours into her ears all the old arguments of station, race and money until he convinces her that marriage with his son will drag the boy she loves down, that her love for him will prove a curse instead of a blessing; and so she, poor girl, proves her great love by sending her lover, and laughs at him, makes light of his devotion to her and finally proclaims her love for another. This has the desired effect upon the boy. She has done her duty, she has kept her promise, but her little heart is broken, and Mr. Norwood never realizes how true her love is until the next day when he reads in the paper of her attempt to end her life by throwing herself in front of an automobile. Then he realizes what he has done, that he is the guilty party and that, if she dies, he will have committed a great crime. But she shall live if money, power and the best physicians in the land can save her. Together father and son hurry to the hospital, and here the father sees two young hearts united and realizes that love is stronger than death, that position, money and power are not all that life holds after all and that love such as this is life's priceless jewel. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Dec 27, 1910 (United States)

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