|
All’s Well That Ends Well
(1907) United States of America
B&W : One reel / 760 feet
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
The Selig Polyscope Company production; distributed by The Selig Polyscope Company. / Produced by William N. Selig. / Released 17 August 1907. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / Not a Shakespearean film.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? A young couple meet and become mutually attracted. Friendship strengthens until the girl’s father intervenes and roughly forbids further intercourse between them. Love laughs at locksmiths, the old adage says, and the young people find ways and means-of communicating, as a result of which the girl decides to leave her home, and elopes with the man of her choice. After her marriage, the young lady and her husband return home, seeking her father’s forgiveness, but the old man is obdurate and, sternly refusing to receive them, orders both from the house, while the mother bitterly laments his harshness. Three years elapse, and the old couple are still alienated from their daughter; they are sitting at home thinking sorrowfully of the past, when a vision appears to them, and once more their dear girl stands before them looking as she did in days gone by. This is too much for the mother’s heart, who at once sends a message to her daughter to return. The next scene shows the young mother and father with their child when grandmama’s letter is received. The wife bids her husband adieu, and, taking the little child with her, makes haste to respond to the summons, and arriving at her old home sends the baby in to announce her coming. Here a very pretty scene takes place in the picture, and an exemplification of the idea that “a little child shall lead them” results in a general reconciliation.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 17 November 2022.
References: Ball-Shakespeare pp. 32, 307, 385; Musser-Emerge pp. 476, 597 : Website-IMDb.
|
