The Cord of Life (1909)Stream and Watch Online

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Released January 28th, 1909, 'The Cord of Life' stars Charles Inslee, Marion Leonard, George Gebhardt, Linda Arvidson The movie has a runtime of about 9 min, and received a user score of 37 (out of 100) on TMDb, which assembled reviews from 3 experienced users.

What, so now you want to know what the movie's about? Here's the plot: "Antonine a worthless goodfornothing scoundrel demands money of his cousin Galora an energetic provident husband and father His demands are met with a positive rebuff and when he becomes insistent be is forcibly ejected by Galora As he leaves the tenement he vows to get even and lies in wait until Galora has gone out on business Climbing to the fifth floor on which the Galoras live he watches his chance which comes when Mrs Galora goes for an instant to visit a neighbor on the same floor Darting into the apartment and raising the window he perceives the awful result of a drop to the ground five stories below and so evolves a plan that is dastardly in the extreme Taking the infant child from the cradle and placing it in a basket he lets it out with a short rope the end of which he secures by letting the sash down on it so that to raise the window would precipitate the baby to destruction" .