The Wife’s Awakening (1911) Streaming ITA - Alta Definizione Gratis

• 81%
• 1911
• Drammatico
• Florence Lawrence
• Harry Myers
• Arthur V. Johnson

The drama opens with the household of Enoch Harrington plunged in sadness. Their first born has died and the father and mother are inconsolable in their grief. Mrs. Harrington later seeks diversion in society, but the husband is engrossed in his work as a scientist, having a laboratory in his house. He conducts several experiments and is on the verge of success in his invention when an explosion of the chemicals occurs and it subsequently develops that he is blinded for life, his eyesight being permanently destroyed. The wife is saddened for a time, but again seeks relief from sorrow by attending society functions, being the gayest of the gay. At a ball she meets Gilbert Huston, a blasé devotee of fashion, who has a penchant for flirting with young, handsome married women. He is genuinely impressed with the beauty of Mrs. Harrington and lays siege to her heart. She is lonely, as her husband's affliction prevents him from mingling with her set, and turns to him. The intimacy is dangerous. At first she is horrified and then listens interestedly. The villain pleads ingeniously and she yields and consents to elope with him. They plan flight and everything is in readiness. They have an interview in the garden underneath her husband's window. He overhears and it is made clear. He is heartbroken as the perfidy of his wife dawns on him. Harrington procures a revolver and debates whether to end his own life or try to wreak vengeance on the polished tempter. While he is revolving the matter in his mind, the wife bas stealthily repaired to her room and is packing a few of her belongings in a grip. She discovers a shoe and stocking worn by her dead child and then the horror dawns on her. She sees her contemplated shame in all its hideousness, her afflicted husband, the memory of the dead child, their child, and she is stricken with remorse, sobbing bitterly. Summoning her maid, she bids her go to Huston and tell him to leave the grounds, as she has reconsidered her decision.

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