She waited four years. Her cousin showed up on the same train. Yikes.
Gladys Norton, a sweet little country girl, receives a letter from her sweetheart, saying that after four years of study in the city, he is coming back. Gladys is overjoyed. Theresa, Gladys' cousin, desiring to spend a few quiet weeks in the country, pays the Nortons a surprise visit and arrives on the same train with Irwin.
Acting
Lillian Drew's side-eye as the scheming cousin—silent but deadly.
Production
Genuine 1914 rural locations, no studio fakery.
Director
Richard Travers
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
1914 audiences ate up 'city corrupts/country pure' narratives like popcorn—this was their toxic relationship content.
Richard Travers directed AND starred as Irwin—classic early cinema multitasking when 'auteur' wasn't even a word yet.
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