The Moulding (1913)
While out in the country in search of pretty subjects tor his brush, Walter Dale, an artist, meets Edith Jones, an uneducated but extremely pretty country girl. He is at once struck by her unusual beauty and long before he has finished the painting he has fallen in love with her. He asks her to be his wife and she gladly accepts him. When he introduces her to his people he is somewhat ashamed of her, as she is absolutely ignorant and knows nothing of correct dress or etiquette, and seems almost unable to learn. After a while Edith discovers that her husband is ashamed of her and determines to leave him. She speaks of this to Mrs. Carson, the only friend she has made, and is invited by her to go on a trip to Europe. Mrs. Carson promises that she will so mould her that she will return a fully fledged society woman, able to hold her own everywhere. Walter has no idea where she has gone and the detectives put on her trail are unable to find any trace of her. He realizes why she has left him and is filled with remorse that he had not been more considerate of her. He is obliged to give up the search for her, as it is necessary for him to take a business trip to Paris. In Paris he receives an invitation to the embassy ball and meets his wife there in the company of Mrs. Carson. She is introduced to him, as though he were a stranger, under the name of Miss Fleming. After taking his hand coldly, she leaves him to dance with Harold Anderson, a wealthy American obviously very much in love with her. Seeing her husband watching her, Edith encourages Anderson to flirt outrageously with her, and when Anderson leaves her in search of refreshments, Walter goes to her and angrily demands an explanation, but she leaves him with a laugh. That night, all his love for her having returned, he prowls about the grounds of her house longing for a sight of her. She comes out on the terrace and be climbs up to meet her. At first she will not listen to his pleadings for forgiveness, but at last she allows him again to take her to his arms. Her happiness is now complete, for she has gained her heart's desire and won for all time the love of her husband.
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GenresDrama
Romance
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Ralph Ince | Director |
| Leah Baird | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Anita Stewart | |
| Gladden James | |
| Rose Tapley | |
| E.K. Lincoln |
