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Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Lesson
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by [?] Gaston Méliès and/or Robert Goodman?
Cast: (unknown)
G. Méliès production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by Gaston Méliès. / Released 18 July 1912; in a split-reel with A Cowboy’s Proposal (1912). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [From Méliès promotional materials] Business, always business, causes Ralph, though dearly loving his wife, to so neglect her and the home that she is made utterly unhappy. Appealing to her brother, they devise a scheme, and Ralph, thinking his wife dead, is filled with bitter regrets. He is then told the truth, and so effective was the lesson that for the rest of his life he made his wife the happiest woman on earth. // [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Ralph, a slave to moneymaking has no time for the pleasures of home. Finding her happiness at stake, Ethel asks her brother’s help. Together they plan a successful scheme to make him believe her dead. Ralph is informed of the sad news and rushes home. He bitterly regrets his neglect of the best wife in the world. Her brother, after giving Ralph a severe lecture, calls Ethel into the room. Ralph, delighted to find her alive, becomes the most devoted husband and strives in every way to make up for the past.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 25 May 2024.
References: Thompson-Star p. 232 : Website-IMDb.
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