Mother and Wife (1914)
George Steele had made all the money he possessed by his own efforts, and was proud of it. He was a plain man, and the son of plain people. The idea that anyone should be ashamed of him or any of his family had never for a moment occurred to him. When, by a stroke of luck, one of George's inventions began to pay him tremendous royalties, he was enabled to fulfill his dearest wish by marrying Marion Ashmead. When Marion discovered that George's mother smoked a pipe, she was greatly disgusted. Accustomed as she was to surroundings of delicacy and refinement, the plain, substantial crudities of the Steele home came to her as a distinct shock. So distasteful did it all seem that she began at once to beg George to buy a house more fitted to their new position in life. George readily complied with her wish. A couple of months later, they were safely installed in the new house. Old Mrs. Steele did not care for the change. The associations of the old home meant more to her than George could possibly have realized. Marion would not let her smoke her pipe in the new house, and in addition the young wife continually made the poor old woman feel that she was distinctly unwelcome. At last old Mrs. Steele crept quietly away one night, and went back to the old home. George's discovery of his mother's action led to a dramatic scene with Marion, which ended in George leaving his wife alone in the new house, and going home to his mother. After George left, Frank Reynolds, a life-long friend of Marion's, became very attractive to her. Under his influence, Marion gradually drifted back into the careless gay life of society. One night, during supper at a large dance, she lighted a cigarette. As she did so, a sudden remembrance flashed upon her of the cruel words with which she had reproached George's mother for smoking her pipe. After the dance, Reynolds kissed her. Filled with remorse, Marion returned home. As she reviewed her conduct of the past few weeks, a wave of homesickness and regret swept over her. Putting on her things, she hurried over to the old house. George was reading to his mother beside the fire. Sobbing, Marion flung herself into the kind old arms. "Mother," she cried, "I have come home."
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Ben F. Wilson | Director |
| Ben F. Wilson | Writer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Lettie Ford | |
| Ben F. Wilson | |
| Sally Crute | |
| Edward Earle |
