God Disposes

A young man of high social position sacrifices his home and family for a girl of the stage. Cast off by his family, the young man finds that he is not qualified to earn his living. In the meanwhile his wife grows ill, a child is born, and several years after, the man finds himself in narrow straits. He prepares to go out and burglarize a place. His child enters when he leaves his revolver on the table. The child plays with it as with a toy and then innocently removes the bullets. The father comes back and takes the revolver and goes out. Accidentally, the son breaks into his own father's office. The father happens to be working late that night. The son breaks in, tries to shoot his own father. By the intervention of God, the son is saved from a patricide.

Mace Greenleaf

Charles Knight Jr.

Blanche Cornwall

Mrs. Charles Knight Jr.

Darwin Karr

Charles Knight Sr.

Magda Foy

Little Gladys Knight

• Alice Guy-BlachéDirector

Release date

February 23, 1912

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

15m

Genres

Drama