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The Midnight Man (1919)
Bob Gilmore, a young clubman, is called by telephone to his home, where his parents are giving him a birthday party. He overhears one of the men guests make a slurring remark about his mother's appearance, and proceeds to punish him then and there, throwing the entire gathering into an uproar. Later in the evening he assumes guilt for a check which had been in reality forged by his foster father, in order to save the mother's feelings, but obtains a written confession from the guilty man for future use if necessary. Learning that he had been adopted from a foundling asylum in infancy, Bob decides to go to New York to see if he cannot learn his real name, which he understands begins with "Mor."
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Bob Gilmore, a young clubman, is called by telephone to his home, where his parents are giving him a birthday party. He overhears one of the men guests make a slurring remark about his mother's appearance, and proceeds to punish him then and there, throwing the entire gathering into an uproar. Later in the evening he assumes guilt for a check which had been in reality forged by his foster father, in order to save the mother's feelings, but obtains a written confession from the guilty man for future use if necessary. Learning that he had been adopted from a foundling asylum in infancy, Bob decides to go to New York to see if he cannot learn his real name, which he understands begins with "Mor."
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Genre:Adventure
Written By:Harvey Gates
In Theaters:9/1/1919
Box Office:
Runtime:270 minutes
Studio:Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Cast
James W. Horne
Director
James J. Corbett
Bob Gilmore aka Jim Stevens aka The Midnight Man
Kathleen O'Connor
Nell Morgan
Joseph W. Girard
Henry Morgan
Noble Johnson
Spike
Orral Humphrey
John Zafara
Joseph Singleton
Steve Arnold
Ann Forrest
Georgia Woodthorpe
Martha Gilmore
Frank Jonasson
John Gilmore
William Sauter
Hargreaves
Sam Polo
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