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The Other Woman
(1913) United States of America
B&W : One reel
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Jack Standing [Laurence Richards, the husband], Isabel Lamon [Isabel Richards, the wife], Edna Payne [the niece], Baby Nelson (Leslie Nelson) [the daughter]
Lubin Manufacturing Company production. / Produced by Siegmund Lubin. / Released 26 June 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Lawrence Richards is a hard-working young business man, but his pretty young wife, Isabel, worships dally at the shrine of her demigod, society. This leads to extravagancies on her part. The husband is worried to distraction and incidentally Lucy, their little daughter, is neglected. The strain almost wrecks the husband. His mother, Elizabeth, visits him at his home for the week-end, and in despair he asks her aid. Thoroughly understanding young people, the mother promises a remedy. She studies Isabel and her acquaintances. Isabel, after a lavish social function, becomes prey to her usual obsession for fine clothes. She pleads with Richards for money. Angered, and somewhat surprised by his refusal, she confides to the mother. Elizabeth apparently sympathizes with her. She goes further. She tells Isabel the reason she is being refused is because Richards is spending all of his hard-earned money on a woman. Sparks of jealousy are kindled and speedily fanned into a flame when, on the following day, she sees from her bedroom window Richards bidding good-bye to a pretty young woman, who is carried speedily away in an automobile. She does not know it is her husband’s niece. Some days later Isabel again receives an invitation to a reception, and once more she asks Lawrence for a large amount, to be spent on clothes. He refuses. His action leads to disagreement between the two and a quarrel. Isabel then hurls into his face the accusation made by Elizabeth, that Richards is squandering his money on a woman. Astounded by her charge, Richards returns to his office, miserable and worried. On the same night, Elizabeth reasserts her grave charge against him to Isabel, and is delighted with the progress she is making. She tells Isabel that if she will come to her house tomorrow, she will have the opportunity of meeting the woman face to face. The bait is tempting to the frenzied wife. Working herself into a state of rage and indignation, she goes to Elizabeth’s home on the following day. Elizabeth receives her in mysterious silence. Giving whispered instructions, she tells her that if she will pull aside the curtains leading into the next room, she will confront the woman and will have her at her mercy. Isabel does as directed and sees the image of her own face gazing at her from the depths of a large mirror behind the curtains. She stares, dumbfounded, at her reflection, while Elizabeth reproves her for her past way of living. She cuts Elizabeth short in her lecture, and leaves the house in a flurry of anger. She enters her bedroom in the heat of anger. Gradually this wears away as the sound words of advice by the mother sinks into her conscience. The truth of the admonition and the distressful mental picture of Richards slaving at his office for her sake, causes her to succumb to tears. When Richards arrives home, he finds Isabel, dressed in a plain gown, embracing Lucy and telephoning that she will not be able to attend the reception that night or any other.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 7 November 2023.
References: Website-IMDb.
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