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The She Wolf
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Three reels
Directed by Francis Ford
Cast: Grace Cunard [Gracie, the she wolf], Francis Ford [Fred, the husband], Bennett A. Molter (Bennett Molter) [Molter, the immigrant], Frank Lloyd [the gambler], Edgar M. Keller (Edgar Keller) [Keller, the miner], Helen Clark
New York Motion Picture Company production; distributed by [?] The Universal Film Manufacturing Company, Incorporated? [101-Bison]. / Produced by Thomas H. Ince. Scenario by Grace Cunard. / Released 21 October 1913. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Grace, a She Wolf, a wrecker of men’s hearts and reputations, tires of the bright lights and marries a miner. She wearies of the monotony and when her husband, Ford, is injured by a premature explosion and blinded she bears the burden with ill-concealed impatience. An immigrant train passes on the way to some diggings. One of the immigrants, Molter, sees Grace and she uses her wiles and he is quickly fascinated. She and he flirt while Ford, wanting a light uses the lamp and burning his fingers, leaves the globe off and sets the lamp near the curtain. He wanders out in search of Grace and the cabin takes fire. Ford overhears Grace and Molter and getting away he stumbles over an embankment and loses consciousness. The immigrants discover the burning cabin and Grace, thinking her husband dead, joyfully takes the occasion to go with Molter. In the meantime Ford is found wandering about in a futile manner. His rescuer, a miner named Kellar, takes the almost demented man along with him on his way to the newly heralded mining camp. The gambler and Grace join the gold rush to the new diggings. After arriving Kellar takes Ford to a doctor, who works over his eyes. Kellar meets Grace and she is fascinated with him for a while, sets to work to ruin him also. He is finally persuaded to play cards with her and detects the gambler giving her signals. Kellar runs the latter off by pulling his gun and pointing it at him and Grace swears to get even with him. Kellar has words with a miner and they fight and are separated. Ford eventually recovers the sight of one eye and swears to revenge himself upon the She Wolf who deserted him.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 28 March 2020.
References: ClasIm-224 p. 42 : Website-IMDb.
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