O. Henry's Full House

About the movie

"O. Henry's Full House" is a film divided into five segments telling five tales at the beginning of the 20th century. 1) "The Cop and the Anthem": Winter is coming and homeless drifter Soapy wants to go to jail for three months to get shelter and food. His partner Horace suggests that they look for shelter with the Salvation Army, but Soapy refuses. He forces many situations to be arrested, but he is always forgiven. When he goes to the church, there is a miracle and Soapy decides to seek a job position. Will he succeed? 2) "The Clarion Call": When a thief kills a man, the police investigators do not have any lead to follow. Police Sergeant Barney Woods sees a pen that was found in the crime scene and he seeks out a man called Johnny Kernan. He finds Johnny, who invites Barney to drink with him, and they go to his hotel room. Johnny recalls their youth, when they were friends, but Barney tells him that he must arrest him since he recognized the pen that belonged to Johnny. However, the criminal recalls that Barney owes him $1,000 that Barney lost in a card game. Barney unsuccessfully tries to raise the money to quit the debt. He decides to tell the chief of police, but out of the blue he sees the spotlight on "The Clarion Call" and runs to the newspaper. What did he see? 3) "The Last Leaf": When 21-year-old Joanna Goodwin's lover breaks up with her, she wanders out into the snow and gets pneumonia. Her older sister Susan discovers that Joanna does not want to live anymore and is following the leaves that keep falling from a tree. Their upstairs neighbor, a painter named Behrman, tries to help the girls. Will he be able to save Joanna? 4) "The Ransom of Red Chief": The con men Sam 'Slick' Brown and Bill Peoria flee to the countryside in their car and plot to kidnap little J.B. Dorset to ask for ransom from his parents, but they soon find that the boy is a little devil. 5) "The Gift of the Magi": On Christmas Eve, Della and her beloved husband Jim are penniless and in love with each other. Jim dreams of giving a tiara to Della since she has wonderful hair, and Della wants to give Jim a chain for his pocket watch. On Christmas night, they each find a way to buy the gifts.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil