- An urchin lives with his poor grandfather, a violinist. With the two facing starvation, the boy secretly sells the violin for some bread. When he returns, he discovers that his grandfather is dead. He sells back the bread and buys back the violin. He makes a few cents playing the violin, but when he falls asleep on a park bench, a tramp steals the instrument. The tramp sells the violin to a little girl, who is just coming out of a music conservatory with her mother. Later, the urchin is struck by a car carrying the little girl and is taken to her house. His chances of recovery are slight, until he is awakened by the sound of the girl playing his violin.—scsu1975
- The urchin lives in a poverty-stricken attic with his old grandfather, a musician. The boy is passionately fond of the old man's violin and has become a student of it after the old man's heart. Unable to get money or food, the old man finds they are facing starvation. The boy learns the truth and gets the violin away without his grandfather's knowledge. He sells it for little or nothing and buys bread. Upon his return he finds it is too late; his grandfather is dead. He manages to sell back the bread, though his empty stomach demands food, and buys back the violin from the kind-hearted dealer. He makes a few pennies by playing in the streets and falls asleep on a park bench. A man steals the violin and when the boy awakens he tells his troubles to a policeman, who laughs and sends him on his way unbelieving. Broken-hearted, he uses his few pennies to buy newspapers and starts out to make a living. The tramp sells the violin to a little girl, who, with her mother, is just coming away from the conservatory of music. Later the little girl's auto runs down the urchin and he is taken to her home. There recovery seems slight because the boy has lost his desire to live. The little girl taking her violin lesson awakens the boy's consciousness to things around him. He recognizes the tones of his old violin. The lesson over, he crawls downstairs and getting his beloved violin in his arms, starts playing. The others return and his story is told. A happy future opens before him, now that life again holds out alluring arms, and the prospect of a real home is outweighed only by the return of his old violin.—Moving Picture World synopsis
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