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The Flower of Faith (1914)
Short | Short, Western

The Flower of Faith (1914)

Short | Short, Western

Rose Allison, a country girl, loves roses. Howard Payne, a young farmer neighbor, looks upon Rose as the most beautiful girl in the world and comes to see her often. Rose learns to reciprocate his affection and her innocent heart enshrines...See moreRose Allison, a country girl, loves roses. Howard Payne, a young farmer neighbor, looks upon Rose as the most beautiful girl in the world and comes to see her often. Rose learns to reciprocate his affection and her innocent heart enshrines him as the one man in whom she will place her trust and confidence and whom she will always love. As yet they have not made known their love. After concluding her gardening for the morning, Rose falls asleep in a hammock and has a dream in which she has a vision of a wonderfully gracious fairy, who tells her that her fate will be linked with the roses that she loves so well and that they will bring sorrow as well as joy to her. She is ambitious and tells Howard that she is determined to go to the city; she wants better and prettier clothes to wear. So one day she packs her few belongings and after bidding Howard good-bye boards the train for the city. She does not find conditions there as pleasant as she had expected. She has brought with her a few dollars and by carefully hoarding them, she takes a course in stenography at a school and with scraps of employment picked up here and there, she finally secures a position in the office of a broker. She does her work in a satisfactory manner, and feels that she has become established. Almost a year has passed since Howard took up his mining claim out in the west. His mine is called "The Rosebud," and one day fortune favors him, for he strikes a rich deposit of gold, making his mine exceedingly valuable. Howard is fortunate enough to sell his mine to a group of capitalists from the east, and finds himself amply equipped with money, and a very rich man. So he returns home to his mother and together they go to the city where he buys one of the finest houses there, a house with spacious grounds, and with a large private conservatory, with many kinds of beautiful roses. One day while visiting a picture auction sale, Howard discovers the canvas entitled "The Rose" and at once recognizes the features of his country sweetheart. He buys the picture and hurriedly ascertains the address of the artist whom he calls upon in an effort to secure the address of Rose. But the artist does not know of Rose's address. In the meantime, the rose has played another important part in the life of the country girl. Her love for rose blossoms and her impetuosity cause her to surreptitiously extract a rose from the booth of a florist. The theft is observed, and she is pursued and caught. She makes no defense and in the police court is fined. An unexpected friend appears, a stranger, who feeling pity for her unfortunate plight and realizing that she is not bad at heart, pays her fine and then presents her with his card, which tells Rose that he is a theatrical manager. He invites her to call at his office the following morning and gives her employment in his light opera company. One evening, she receives a beautiful cluster of roses with an invitation to attend a dinner party. She is so pleased with the roses that she asks her manager if it will be proper for her to attend the dinner party. He urges her to do so and agrees to go with her in order to protect her from harm. At the table a quarrel arises between two men. A shot is fired and Rose's escort receives a painful wound in the arm. The police are called in and in the excitement the names of various parties mixed up in the unfortunate affair are made public, so that on the following day an article appears in the newspaper making public the scandal. The manager, angered by his wound, declares that Rose shall no longer remain a member of his company. He orders her discharged at once. One day she walks to the riverside, and hungry, friendless and homeless, she decides to join that great army of lost souls who have cast themselves into eternity. Just as she is about to throw herself into the water a Salvation Army lass espies her and hastens to her side. Rose joins the Salvation Army and takes up the work of helping the poor. Several months pass by. Rose has become a staunch and much beloved member of the Salvation Army. Her work among the poor and unfortunate has brought her many blessings from those whom she has helped, but in her sadness and loneliness, she has failed to write home, so that no word has been received from her since she left the village. One afternoon while engaged in her work, Rose is passing through a street filled with the residences of the wealthy. An open door leading into a conservatory filled with roses, attracts her and she unthinkingly steps inside to caress and love the blossoms which give forth their fragrance in a manner to recall her own garden at home. An attendant shuts and locks the door without knowing that anyone is in the conservatory. She awakens to a sense of her predicament when she tries to leave. Rose wanders from one room to another until she enters the drawing room where Howard has ensconced her portrait as a sort of shrine. Howard is startled by hearing footsteps in the drawing room and believes that a burglar is in the house. He makes his way cautiously to the room and is astonished to discover his sweetheart there. With joy they embrace and their lips meet again in the sweet kiss of love. They will never be parted again. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Edith Johnson Rose Allison Rose Allison See fewer	Fighting Fate (1921)
Lamar Johnstone Howard Payne Howard Payne See fewer	The Ne'er Do Well (1915)
Lillian Hayward Mrs. Payne Mrs. Payne See fewer	The Child of the Sea (1913)
Franklyn Hall Tomasso (as Franklin Hall) Tomasso (as Franklin Hall) See fewer	Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913)
J. O'Brien Charles J. Smythe Charles J. Smythe See fewer	The Flower of Faith (1914)