Summary
A poignant tale of resilience unfolds as the good-natured J. P. Fippany, stripped of his comfortable life, embarks on a new, uncertain journey as a chicken merchant, accompanied by his devoted wife and spirited daughter. Fate intervenes on a desolate road when their meager livelihood is shattered in a collision with young Jimmy Pickett, an encounter that unexpectedly ignites a spark of romance between Pickett and Fippany's daughter, Aida. A subsequent misunderstanding, woven around Fippany’s beloved racehorse, Marseillaise, fractures the family further, sending Josephine and Aida to the presumed safety of relatives. Heartbroken and adrift, Fippany makes the difficult choice to part with Marseillaise, selling her to Jimmy’s father and dispatching the proceeds to his estranged family before vanishing into obscurity. Meanwhile, the threads of romance between Jimmy and Aida begin to re-entwine, culminating in a climactic race where Marseillaise, initially floundering under an unfamiliar jockey, finds her true spirit and a path to reconciliation when Fippany dramatically reappears to guide her to victory, mending the family's fractured bonds.
Synopsis
Goodnatured J. P. Fippany loses his home and takes to the road on a chicken-wagon with his wife and daughter. The wagon is wrecked in an automobile collision involving Jimmy Pickett, who falls in love with daughter Aida, and through a misunderstanding involving Marseillaise, Fippany's racehorse, his wife Josephine and Aida go to live with relatives. The disconsolate Fippany sells Marseillaise to Jimmy's father, sends the money to his wife, then disappears. Meanwhile, Jimmy finds Aida and convinces her of his love. Marseillaise, badly driven in a race, loses a heat, but Fippany emerges and rides her to victory, following which there is a reconciliation between husband and wife.
