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The Pity of It

  • 1912
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DramaShort

A foolish young wife, susceptible to flattery, succumbs to the blandishments of an unscrupulous villain and, with only imaginary reasons, leaves her husband, a misstep she had reason to regr... Read allA foolish young wife, susceptible to flattery, succumbs to the blandishments of an unscrupulous villain and, with only imaginary reasons, leaves her husband, a misstep she had reason to regret only once, and that was for the balance of her life. Tom Morton, her husband, heartbrok... Read allA foolish young wife, susceptible to flattery, succumbs to the blandishments of an unscrupulous villain and, with only imaginary reasons, leaves her husband, a misstep she had reason to regret only once, and that was for the balance of her life. Tom Morton, her husband, heartbroken and desperate, lets go of everything and sinks about as far down as a man can. He falls... Read all

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    • Colin Campbell
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    • Colin Campbell
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    • Tom Santschi
    • Eugenie Besserer
    • Lillian Hayward
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    • Director
      • Colin Campbell
    • Writer
      • Colin Campbell
    • Stars
      • Tom Santschi
      • Eugenie Besserer
      • Lillian Hayward
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    Tom Santschi
    Tom Santschi
    • Tom Morton
    Eugenie Besserer
    Eugenie Besserer
    • Mrs. Tom Morton
    Lillian Hayward
    Lillian Hayward
    • Tom's Sister
    Al Ernest Garcia
    Al Ernest Garcia
    • William Ainslie
    • (as Al E. Garcia)
    Frank Richardson
    • Old Man Richards
    Wheeler Oakman
    Wheeler Oakman
    • Joe
    Bessie Eyton
    Bessie Eyton
    • Sunshine - an Indian Maid
    Fernando Gálvez
    • Young Deer
    • (as Ferdinand Galvez)
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      • Colin Campbell
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      • Colin Campbell
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    With a climax that will get to you

    Colin Campbell has written and produced a strong drama, with a climax that will get to you. Thomas Santschi, in the character of Tom Morton, a husband deserted by his wife, does fine work. Sharing with him in the interest-making is Bessie Eyton, win carries the role cf Sunshine, an Indian maid; the maid brings about the regeneration of Tom. through inducing him to quit the use of liquor. Likewise she falls in love with him. When the erring and repentant wife learns Tom's whereabouts she goes to him, only to be spurned. The wife drives away, the horse bolts, and the wife is killed. The Indian girl lays on the body the ring Tom had given to her. Then Sunshine takes Young her former lover, by the hand, and goes away. Eugenie Besserer and Lillian Hayward play the parts of the wife and sister of Tom. They contribute to a good film. - The Moving Picture World, October 5, 1912

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      • September 26, 1912 (United States)
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