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The Sisters
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Christy Cabanne (William Christy Cabanne)
Cast: Lillian Gish [May], Dorothy Gish [Carol, her younger sister], Elmer Clifton [Frank, Carol’s country lover], W.E. Lawrence [George, the man from the city], Donald Crisp, Josephine Crowell, John Dillon (John T. Dillon)
The Majestic Motion Picture Company production; distributed by Mutual Film Corporation. / Scenario by [?] Anita Loos and/or Christy Cabanne (William Christy Cabanne)? / Released 29 November 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? May and her younger sister, Carol, live in a small town. May is the more lovely of the two, but Carol is wooed by Frank, a country boy. George, a city man, comes to town on a visit, falls in love with Carol and wins her away from Frank. Carol is pleased with his attentions and poor Frank is brokenhearted. Calling one day to see Carol, George meets May and falls madly in love with her, and finally runs away with her and they are married. Carol, in despair, turns back to Frank and they are married, and a year later a baby is born. In the meantime, May and George have been living in another town. May is about to become a mother. George brings her to her own home for the interesting event and her child is soon born, but is still born. Crying for her baby, the physicians fear to tell her and are forced to try and find a baby to take its place until the wife is strong enough to bear being told the truth. Carol is approached and at first refuses but finally, for her sister’s sake, consents and May is made happy. Carol misses her baby and May refuses to let her bother with “her” child and Carol is frantic but dare not tell the truth. Finally May overhears the truth from the doctor and nurses’ conversation and takes the baby back to her real mother, and the sisters are reconciled.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 27 January 2025.
References: Weaver-Twenty p. 145 : Website-IMDb.
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