First Love Is Best (1910)
Two girls, happy in their humble but comfortable home, hear the call of the city. The younger decides to go to town, and despite the urgings of her sister and the old folks she carries out her determination, to the great distress of her sweetheart. Unlike many others who are lured by the life of the city, she soon finds employment in an artificial flower factory and there she falls in love with the assistant foreman, an ingratiating young fellow, who wins her affection only to gain possession of her small earnings on the pretense that he needs it to help furnish their little home. He does not come to the factory the next morning, but sends a note to the foreman telling him to give the job to someone else, as he does not need to work. The country girl is prostrated by the blow to her love and trust and, sick of the city, turns her steps towards home, where the old folks welcome her, glad that no worse harm has befallen her. Some time later the other girl, undaunted by her sister's fate, fares forth to accept a position as waitress. At the restaurant she attracts the attention of one of the patrons, who persuades her to consent to a meeting in the park. He is no laggard in love and quickly wins her heart. The girl, in her gladness, writes her sister of this wonderful new love and encloses the man's photograph, one of the cheap postal card portraits. Horrified by the discovery that the picture is that of the man who has wrecked her own life, the girl hurries to the city, attended by her country sweetheart and the young fellow who wants to marry the other. By chance the trio encounter the loving couple on the street. The girl denounces her former sweetheart as a swindler and the sister suffers a revulsion of feeling. The two rustic swains pummel the thievish rogue, who slinks away without protest, and the four return to the peaceful country town, the two girls convinced that, after all, first love is best. Great care has been taken in this production to provide contrast of environment as well as of personality, and the scenes in city and country are sharply distinct. In the factory, several hundred dollars' worth of artificial flowers aid the realism of the scene.
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GenresDrama
Short
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
