The Message in the Rose (1914)
One day Joe, the florist's assistant, kissed Mary, his employer's daughter. He used this eminently suitable and proper action as a means of expressing his undying fondness for the above-mentioned Mary. Mary drew herself up coldly, and asked him how he dared take such a liberty. This, as it happens, is a not infrequent means of expressing a certain feeling of interest on the part of a lady in the case, but Joe did not know it. He thought he had mortally offended Mary. So he resigned his position with her father. And here begins the story of the rose. Mary, left alone, wrote four little words on a tiny scrap of paper. The words were, "I love you, Joe." She hid this paper in the heart of a beautiful white rose. As luck would have it, Mary's father sold the rose to a young man that very afternoon. The young man carried it to his girl. Later, another young man called on the same girl, found the rose, and angrily threw it into the street. It fell at the feet of Giovanna, an old Italian woman. She picked it up and smelled it. At once, bustling America faded from her eyes, and she dreamed of her long vanished youth. Giovanna's youth had something in it of the fierce tropic heat of the land wherein her early years were spent. To begin with, there was a savage fight in the marketplace with another woman. Then arrest and confinement, from which she escaped, because of the havoc her dark eyes played with a sergeant of the police. And then the road, the long windy brown gypsy trail with smugglers and other outlaws. And finally, the depths of tragedy, when her police lover followed her, and was killed by her smuggler lover. Giovanna was imprisoned. Years later she was released only to leave her native land, an exile, forever. The harsh voice of a policeman aroused Giovanna from her dream. She sadly dropped the rose on the pavement and shuffled on her way. The policeman picked up the rose and gave it to a little girl. The little girl carried it to her uncle. As he sat gazing at it sadly, he suddenly saw the slip of paper hidden in its petals. He drew out the slip and read it. Then he rushed back to Mary. The little girl's uncle was Joe.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Richard Ridgely | Director |
| Bannister Merwin | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Herbert Prior | |
| Mabel Trunnelle | |
| Richard Tucker | |
| Elsie MacLeod |
