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Old Chorister, The (1904)
 

Synopsis

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An old man is walking in a park. He hears singing in the distance. He sees a seat and sits down and remembers himself when young and sang in the church choir.

He starts off walking again and comes to the church. The choir boys are fighting outside and the priest calls to them. They go inside. The old man talks to the priest who invites the old man inside.

When the service starts the choir boys file past the altar, the old man is once again dressed in his choir robes. As he is singing, the old man has a vision of an angel and rushes to the altar. He collapses and dies.