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Her Slumbering Conscience
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Charles H. Mailes (Charles Hill Mailes) [the husband], Mary Malatesta [the wife], Wilfred Young [the other man], Herbert Barrington
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 29 January 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? All her husband’s available funds are temporarily tied up, but she is induced by her friend to order an expensive new dress. The gown is sent C.O.D. and her husband refuses them, as he has no money. Shortly afterward he introduces to her a business friend, who admires her and makes her a present of a bracelet. There can be no mistaking the man’s intentions, yet she accepts his gift, unable to deny herself the pleasure of possessing the bracelet. Despite her precautions, her husband discovers what is happening and, when the other man comes to see her, forces her to receive him while he waits in an adjoining room to hear what passes between them. On receiving proof of his suspicions he confronts the man and orders both out of the house. The wife dares not face his wrath and goes. The man takes her to his own home and tries to make her forget what has happened with drink and jollity. Just as she is reaching the end of her power to resist his advances, her husband, who has followed them, rushes in, despite the objections of the man’s valet, bursts open the door and confronts them. She gives a shriek of fear and awakes to find her husband standing over her. not in rage, but all smiles. “The big deal went through,” he is saying, “and the gown is yours.” Hardly able to realize that it is all a dream, that she has not really yielded to temptation and forfeited his love, she falls into his arms.
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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