Love's Long Lane (1914)
Lucille is a girl given over entirely to vanity, so she favors Cecil Langley over Ernest Haven, who cannot lavish gifts on her like Cecil can. Ernest is passionate and his lovemaking is simply an infatuation. Cecil loves deeply and strongly, and Lucille ultimately accepts him. Ernest vows to even up matters. He had sworn to become rich so that he could marry Lucille. Now he swears to break Cecil. He discovers that two stocks in which Cecil has heavily invested in in are dangerous and with friends plans to have Cecil buy up all stock in sight and when the break comes smother him in ruin. Meanwhile, Lucille, tired of her luxury, decides that what she really wants is love. She forgets her husband's patient, deep-seated love and remembers Ernest's passionate outbursts. About the time she decides to go see Ernest, Cecil gets his first intimation from his friend Jackson that the bottom is falling out of his stock in which his fortune is tied up. He goes to tell his wife, but finds her going over her new gowns and, thinking her mood one of vanity, tells her simply that he is going out. Both Ernest and Cecil work all that night to prepare for the following day. The panic strikes and Cecil is ruined with the others. While that is happening Lucille is on her way to Ernest's office. She enters in time to see him kissing his stenographer Maysie, on whom he has been lavishing attention. Ernest turns from Maysie to Lucille, but she turns against him. Ernest tells her she is ruined and that she will be glad now to come to him. The news unnerves her for a moment and, telling him what she thinks of him, she leaves. Cecil has gone home broken in heart and spirit. He writes his wife telling her of his ruin, but that property he had made over in her name still remains intact and that she will be well fixed anyway. Then he leaves. Lucille returns home and reading the note and the papers realizes that he has beggared himself for her. Her latent womanhood and love for Cecil rushes to the surface. Jackson rushed to Cecil's home to tell him that he has one chance of saving his honor and his business and that is by gathering a few thousands more. Lucille learns of the new turn of affairs and asks Jackson if her property will help. Jackson sees it will save the day. She pledges all willingly and realizes her first real happiness. That night Cecil walks the streets and drops asleep from exhaustion on a park bench. In the morning he reads of what his wife has done and hastens to her. There he finds that she sat up all night and also learns how greatly she loves him. Ernest has also learned the truth; he turns to Maysie with a show of recent feeling and tells her they will be married at once.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Edgar Jones | Director |
| George Terwilliger | Writer |
| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Edgar Jones | |
| Louise Huff | |
| Ferdinand Tidmarsh | |
| Herbert Fortier |
