The Rose and the Thorn (1914)
Richard Manning falls in love with Rose Winters, a heartless flirt. She soon tires of him and goes to the city, where she takes up a business course, while Folly, an allegorical figure, slowly picks off a petal from the rose he is holding in his hand, symbolical of the spirit of Rose Winters. Tom Blake, a young student of the business college, falls in love with her, and after squandering his class fees on dinners and theaters, is turned out of college. She flouts him and the rose loses another petal. The girl secures a position as stenographer for a broker. The broker's wife sees him kiss Rose, institutes divorce proceedings and the broker commits suicide. Folly exultingly snatches several petals from the rose. Her next position is in the office of a café manager. He invites her to lunch, she accepts and, as the waiter pours wine, the rose loses all its petals but one. Later, Blake, who has followed the downward path, sees the girl enter the café and makes a scene in which he scornfully denounces her. Her escort interferes and Blake stabs him. Blake is sent to jail and Rose, accused of being the cause of the whole affair, is arrested. Manning learns she is in trouble, and coming to the city, secures a lawyer for her. The judge decides she may go free provided she marry Manning and leave the city. She agrees and they return to the country. Here, by loving kindness, Manning gradually wins her love, and within a year Folly is obliged to replace all the rose petals, even to a new bud emblematic of the birth of their child.
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Harry Lambart | Director |
| Mrs. Owen Bronson | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Darwin Karr | |
| Naomi Childers | |
| Harry Kendall | |
| Frank Currier |
