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Featuring:
Theda Bara, Ben Deeley, Stuart Holmes
Written by:
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
Mary Murillo
Mrs. Henry Wood
Directed by:
Bertram Bracken
Release Date:
June 18, 1916
Original Title:
East Lynne
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Fox Film Corporation
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 74
An adaptation of the 1861 novel by English author Ellen Wood: The story of long-suffering Lady Isabel Carlisle cast in a modern setting.
When Isabel Carlisle mistakenly believes that her husband Richard loves Barbara Hare, she leaves him and their two children. She does nothing to correct the report that she has been killed in a train wreck, and so Richard, believing himself to be a widower, marries Barbara. After a few months, Isabel longs to see her children and so, disguising herself, gets a job as their governess. Then, when her son becomes ill and calls out for his mother, Isabel throws off her disguise and goes to comfort him, but he dies in her arms. Discovering Isabel with the boy, Richard immediately forgives her for having left him and the children, but Isabel cannot forgive herself, and soon dies of grief.
Director:
Bertram Bracken
Director of Photography:
Rial Schellinger
Novel:
Mrs. Henry Wood
Producer:
William Fox
Screenplay:
Mary Murillo
Theatre Play:
Mary Elizabeth Braddon
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