The Midnight Man

The Midnight Man

Sept. 1, 1919

Bob Gilmore, a young clubman, is called by telephone to his home, where his parents are giving him a birthday party. He overhears one of the men guests make a slurring remark about his mother's appearance, and proceeds to punish him then and there, throwing the entire gathering into an uproar. Later in the evening he assumes guilt for a check which had been in reality forged by his foster father, in order to save the mother's feelings, but obtains a written confession from the guilty man for future use if necessary. Learning that he had been adopted from a foundling asylum in infancy, Bob decides to go to New York to see if he cannot learn his real name, which he understands begins with "Mor."

The Midnight Man

Sept. 1, 1919

The Midnight Man
Bob Gilmore, a young clubman, is called by telephone to his home, where his parents are giving him a birthday party. He overhears one of the men guests make a slurring remark about his mother's appearance, and proceeds to punish him then and there, throwing the entire gathering into an uproar. Later in the evening he assumes guilt for a check which had been in reality forged by his foster father, in order to save the mother's feelings, but obtains a written confession from the guilty man for future use if necessary. Learning that he had been adopted from a foundling asylum in infancy, Bob decides to go to New York to see if he cannot learn his real name, which he understands begins with "Mor."
Producers Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Original title The Midnight Man
Directors James W. Horne
Writers Frank Howard Clark, Harvey Gates, James W. Horne

Cast

James J. Corbett

as Bob Gilmore aka Jim Stevens aka The Midnight Man

Kathleen O'Connor

as Nell Morgan

Joseph W. Girard

as Henry Morgan

Georgia Woodthorpe

as Martha Gilmore

Frank Jonasson

as John Gilmore

William Sauter

as Hargreaves

Noble Johnson

as Spike

Orral Humphrey

as John Zafara

Joseph Singleton

as Steve Arnold