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The Third Act
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by Travers Vale
Cast: Franklin Ritchie [Roberts], Louise Vale [Roberts’ wife], Kate Toncray [Roberts’ wife’s sister], Katherine Lee [the child], Gretchen Hartman [the leading lady], Ivan Christy [the leading man]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 12 January 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Roberts, the actor, neglects his wife and children. His brutal indifference results in the baby’s death. Alone with the terror, Mrs. Roberts goes insane. Her little girl witnesses everything, and never forgets. Fifteen years later, Roberts is a successful producer of plays; after his wife’s death he has lost track of his daughter, who is brought up by her aunt. The girl’s whole idea is to avenge her mother’s wrongs. Histrionic talent, inherited from her father, helps her to get into Roberts’ company, and she makes an instantaneous success. At the end of the season Roberts goes abroad, leaving the playwright and the star to arrange the next production. A remarkable play is written around the incidents of that night fifteen years ago. Roberts sees it for the first time on the opening night, when, in the great third act, his past rises up to denounce him.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 7 October 2023.
References: Spehr-American p. 4 : Website-IMDb.
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