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Stronger Than Death (1915)
Short | Romance, Drama, Short

Stronger Than Death (1915)

Short | Romance, Drama, Short

June Lathrop, an orphan under the guardianship of Rupert Spaulding, a rejected suitor of her now-deceased mother, meets John Henshaw, a young surgeon just home from college. Their attraction is mutual. June learns of the love her guardian ...See moreJune Lathrop, an orphan under the guardianship of Rupert Spaulding, a rejected suitor of her now-deceased mother, meets John Henshaw, a young surgeon just home from college. Their attraction is mutual. June learns of the love her guardian bears for her. He tells her how he loved her mother in her youth, but delayed his proposal so long that she at length married Tom Lathrop, June's father. He tells June of her mother's dying wish that he care for her, which request he has so faithfully fulfilled through all the years. He now asks June to allow him to care for her all through life. She is at first inclined to refuse, but realizing his true love for her, she finally consents. Spaulding does not live long and just before his death he enacts a promise from June that she will never marry again, having her make a written promise to that effect, which is filed with the other legal papers of the estate. Henshaw calls after Spaulding's death and again pleads his love, only to learn of June's promise. Spaulding's spirit hovers about his wife and she becomes a victim of sleepwalking. One night she falls from a balcony while asleep and suffers concussion of the brain. It happens that Henshaw, now a celebrated surgeon, receives the case and he sees that a very delicate and dangerous operation is necessary. While under the influence of the anaesthetic, June's spirit meets that of her dead husband. He tells her that he has witnessed her intense suffering and offers to free her from her promise. In spirit she follows him to the vault where me papers are laid, extracts the copy of June's written promise and it becomes ashes before her eyes. He then bids her an affectionate farewell and says she will never be troubled by him again. Meanwhile, Henshaw and his assistants have been working feverishly to revive June from the influence of the anaesthetic. They finally bring her to consciousness. She does not know whether it was all a dream or a spiritual reality. She orders her lawyers to bring her the package of documents; upon opening it the lawyer and all present are dumbfounded to find that the topmost slip which formerly bore the promise in June's handwriting is indeed ashes. June now realizes that her dream has been a reality and that she is now free to marry the man she loves. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Louise Lovely June Lathrop (as Louise Carbasse) June Lathrop (as Louise Carbasse) See fewer	Jewelled Nights (1925)
Millard K. Wilson Rupert Spaulding Rupert Spaulding See fewer	The Call of the Unborn (1916)
Arthur Shirley John Henshaw John Henshaw See fewer	The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1925)
Lon Chaney Attorney Attorney See fewer	He Who Gets Slapped (1924)