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The Voice in the Wilderness (1914)
Short | Drama, Romance, Short

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The Voice in the Wilderness (1914)

Short | Drama, Romance, Short

Frank, a young author, living in the city, is unable to concentrate his mind on his work, and much to his wife's disgust, decides to spend a few months in a small village, where there will be nothing to distract him. After some controversy...See moreFrank, a young author, living in the city, is unable to concentrate his mind on his work, and much to his wife's disgust, decides to spend a few months in a small village, where there will be nothing to distract him. After some controversy he persuades her to accompany him, and they retire to a small lifeless town, where they rent a cottage on the outskirts. After living this mode of life for some time, Irene becomes very much dissatisfied and pleads with him to return to the city, but he refuses. One day while in deep thought, strolling alone in the woods, Frank steps over a precipice, but fortunately alights on a ledge, which, without a doubt, saves his life. His plunge is witnessed by Gerda, a young sculptress, who lives alone in a cabin nearby. She also has come to this lonely spot to seek solitude for her work. She drags his unconscious form to her cabin, where she nurses him for several weeks before he is able to sit up and talk. In the meantime, searching parties had been organized in the village, but no trace of the missing author found. After a few weeks of fruitless searching, they give up and conclude that he had been killed. Irene receives a letter, telling her that she has fallen heir to her uncle's vast estate and that she is to come immediately to occupy the home. Before departing she leaves a note with the village storekeeper, who places it in a small jug for safekeeping in case Frank ever returned. In this note she tells why she is leaving and where she is going. Gerda has fallen in love with Frank and is very much distressed when he asks her to go to the village and locate his wife, if possible. At the village they tell her that Frank had been killed and that his wife had gone to the city. She keeps silent as to Frank's whereabouts. While in town she purchases a jug, the jug in which the old storekeeper had placed the note from Irene, and then forgotten where he had put it. Upon returning to her cabin, she tells Frank that his wife has deserted him. This is a terrible blow, but he decides to remain and continue his work rather than try to find her. They live in this manner for months, each day bringing them closer together. One day the unused jug which Gerda had purchased falls from a shelf and breaks, disclosing the note from Irene. Frank reads it and reprimands Gerda for lying to him. Unheeding her plea for him to remain with her, he goes to the city in search of his wife. In the meantime, Irene thinking her husband dead, promises to marry another man, and Frank arrives just in time to witness the wedding ceremony through a window. Rather than make things very unpleasant for his wife, he returns to the little log cabin in the woods, where Gerda greets him with open arms. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Francis X. Bushman Frank - the Author Frank - the Author See fewer	Sabrina (1954)
Irene Warfield Irene - the Butterfly Wife Irene - the Butterfly Wife See fewer	Four Feathers (1915)
Gerda Holmes Gerda - the Sculptress Gerda - the Sculptress See fewer	Robin Hood (1913)
Bryant Washburn The Other Man The Other Man See fewer	Captain Midnight (1942)