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The Miracle
Also known as Love’s Miracle in the United Kingdom
(1915) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Eleanor Spaulding (Nellie Parker Spaulding) [Annie, a cripple], Ethel Jewett [the mother], Tula Belle [the daughter]
Thanhouser Film Corporation production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Released 26 September 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? With the simple abiding faith of a child, old Annie — a shy, crippled recluse — prayed for many years that she might be healed. Every day, rain or shine, she went to a little roadside shrine and sent up her prayers to her patron saint, but though she was getting old she could see no change in her condition. So badly was she crippled and bent, so shy was she, so sensitive about telling anything about herself, that the people of the village did not understand her. Instead of the loving big-hearted woman whose one big love in life was for children, they believed her a crabbed old recluse who might hurt the children if they were allowed near her, and the children themselves were taught to run and hide from “the old witch,” as many called her. That hurt tender-hearted old Annie more than anything else, for she would have been perfectly happy just to have been “granny” to the village youngsters. So it was wonderful when she finally won the love of one little girl who, in return for the presents Annie laid at her feet, brought her berries and wildflowers. On one of her regular daily visits to her shrine, the old woman was more discouraged than ever, for all the little ones had quit their games at her approach and fled. She stood up from her prayers, her old eyes filled with tears, as she peered out over the landscape. What she saw, though, brought her bent old body erect and she tried to run on her crutches. She had seen the body of the one little creature in all the world who loved her, and that little one lay still and helpless across a railroad track with her foot helplessly caught in a frog of a track. Far off, Annie could see the smoke from the train that was rapidly approaching. Once more she tried to go forward to the aid of the little one she loved, and once more she was helpless. Then she turned to her shrine in her despair. She flung out her arms, praying for a miracle. Old Annie turned once more to gaze out to where her loved one lay. She tried to take one step again. The miracle had happened; the little old lady’s feet flew over the ground toward the railroad. Just as the last tug had loosened the child’s foot and both rescuer and rescued went tumbling down the embankment, the train that might have destroyed the little one flashed by. When the child’s mother reached the place, believing that her daughter was crush, of course she insisted that old Annie come home with with her and her daughter and live there with them from then on. Still, for all the miracle of healing which made crutches a thing of the past, and a home with two loving souls, old Annie’s cup of happiness was not quite full until one night when all the children of the village flocked around her and told her they wanted her to be their grandma.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 7 December 2024.
References: Website-IMDb.
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