04 Dec 1916
The Rink
After amusements working in a restaurant, a waiter uses his lunch break to go roller skating.
A Son of Erin
Dennis O'Hara is a poverty-stricken Irishman who believes that if he comes to America he will immediately land a job as a policeman. So he manages to scrape together the funds to get him to Manhattan, and leaves his sweetheart Katie O'Grady behind while he makes his fortune. Naturally he discovers that joining the force isn't as easy as he expected, and when he does finally get in, he winds up in trouble because of the graft collections of his boss.
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Dustin Farnum Dennis O'Hara
Winifred Kingston Katie O'Grady
Tom Bates Patrick O'Grady
Jack Livingston Brian Trelawney
Wilfred McDonald Terence
Wallace Pyke Dan O'Keefe
Lee Willard George Harding
Mabel Wiles Florence Harding
Hugo B. Koch John D. Haynes (as Hugh B. Koch)
J.H. Hazelton Captain Brady
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