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Guiding Fate
Also known as [The Guiding Fate]
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)

Cast: Claire McDowell [the wife], Henry A. Barrows [the husband], Charles H. West (Charles West) [the neighbor]

Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 12 October 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] Her husband’s outbursts of temper force a young wife to seek refuge in the home of a neighbor, who has rendered her more than one service in the past. These little attentions of the man to his wife have provoked the husband’s jealousy, and he rushes to the neighbor’s house and demands his wife. Here is a situation, one of many, that is rich in dramatic possibilities and the Biograph players make the most of it.

Survival status: (unknown)

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 7 January 2025.

References: Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.

 
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