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Photograph: Silent Era image collection.
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The Lesson
(1912) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by [?] Robert Goodman?
Cast: (unknown)
Méliès Star-Film [American] production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Produced by Gaston Méliès. / Released 18 July 1912; in a split-reel with A Cowboy’s Proposal (1912). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [From Méliès promotional materials] Business, always business, causes Ralph, though dearly loving his wife, to so neglect her and the home that she is made utterly unhappy. Appealing to her brother, they devise a scheme, and Ralph, thinking his wife dead, is filled with bitter regrets. He is then told the truth, and so effective was the lesson that for the rest of his life he made his wife the happiest woman on earth.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 13 October 2022.
References: Thompson-Star p. 232 : Website-IMDb.
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