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A Lasting Lesson
(1915) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Edward Cecil [the father], Kate Bruce [the mother], Claire McDowell [the daughter], Alan Hale [the daughter’s fiance]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 16 September 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Motion Picture World]? Because her father is addicted to drink, the girl will not marry her lover, as she deems it her duty to care for the weakling, whose pitiable craving for liquor increases upon the death of his wife. The lover, disgusted by the other’s weakness, reprimands him. Hot words follow, and in the heat of passion the drunkard strikes the young man down. His daughter is persuaded by her lover to try a desperate remedy, whereby the drunkard may be cured. She agrees, and fosters in her father’s mind the delusion that he is a murderer. In despair, after a sleepless night, he goes to a hotel, whence he sends the girl a note telling her that she must hasten if she desires to see him alive. Her lover gets the note and hastens to the hotel, arriving before her. He bursts into the room as the would-be suicide places a pistol to his head. The shock of seeing his victim’s ghost, as he believes, sobers the drunkard.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 23 December 2024.
References: Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.
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