The Aggressor (1911)
Miner Hank Denby has a loving little wife, but he is a brute and abuses her. She bears it patiently until one day when forbearance ceases to be a virtue. He goes out to his work after an unusually violent scene, in which his wife is in tears as a consequence. She is all alone on the mountain, but resolves to desert her husband, to go anywhere to rid herself of the obnoxious presence of the husband. She packs a few of her belongings, writes a note to Denby, and is about to go out into the world when Philip Baldwin, a much-older prospector, comes into the cabin in search of food and drink. He is welcomed by the woman as he is kind. He looks about the cabin and notes her preparation for flight in surprise. On being questioned, the girl-wife tells him of the ill treatment she has been subjected to and her decision to leave it all. He mildly tries to dissuade her, to no avail. She is determined to leave and asks to be allowed to travel in his company. The big rough fellow sees no impropriety in that and the woman is guiltless of any wrong-doing. They leave the cabin, arrive at the tent of Baldwin and in attempting to secure water for her, he falls over a cliff. She runs around the eminence and finds him in the meantime, the husband has returned home, read the note, takes the trail and follows the pair with the insane idea that some man has stolen the affections of his wife. He comes upon them just as his wife is trying to extricate Baldwin from his perilous position. He is about to kill him when the wife interferes. Denby takes Baldwin on his back and carries him, unconscious to his cabin, where he nurses him back to health. On being convalescent, Baldwin leaves, but is followed by Denby to a rocky peak. Slapping Baldwin's face, he challenges him to a revolver duel. Baldwin is loath to fight, but is provoked, and back to back they start to walk apart. At the signal they turn and fire. Denby falls dead. His wife comes out and falls prostrate across his body. Baldwin gazes at the woman for a time and then, not understanding, walks away, down the slope, leaving Mrs. Denby alone with her dead husband whom she had not loved in life.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Thomas H. Ince | Director |
| George Loane Tucker | Director |
| Herbert Brenon | Writer |
| Carl Laemmle | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| William E. Shay | |
| Ethel Grandin |
