A 10-minute marriage explodes across class lines — and cliffs.
A young lord elopes with an employee's daughter. The visit of a lady to her home causes the young wife to leave her husband. Years later the peer succeeds to his family estates. Approaching his wife for forgiveness, his entreaties are of no avail. He meets his daughter on the cliffs, and she by accident falls and is killed. The sight of the dead body causes the wife to seek the protection and consolation of her husband
Acting
Marguerite Snow's silent-film face acting carries entire emotional arcs.
Direction
Nichols compresses a novel's worth of melodrama into single shots.
Director
George Nichols
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Bertha M. Clay's 1878 dime novel, which sold millions despite — or because of — its relentless melodrama.
Thannhouser Company cranked out hundreds of these 'featurettes,' proving audiences in 1912 already had short attention spans.
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