The Restoration (1910)

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A single father loses his memory after an attack and falls in love with a new woman. His daughter escapes an orphanage and reunites with him by chance, which restores his memory.

silentmelodramaticsentimentalserendipitousstraightforwardheartfeltdated

What happens

The Restoration is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film focuses on Hugh Logan, a single father who leaves his little girl, May, at home when he goes on a business trip. On the way to the city he is attacked by robbers and left in the road. He is found and taken in, but he suffers from amnesia. He falls in love with Maud Neals and proposes to her. Due to the prolonged absence of her father, May is taken to an orphan asylum, but she escapes. May goes to the city and ends up stopping to sleep on the doorstep of the Neals' home. Maud finds her and takes her in, where Logan recognizes his daughter and his memory comes back. Little is known of the production credits, but the film does feature Marie Eline as the little girl. It was released on August 5, 1910 and was met with mixed reviews. The film is presumed lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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