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Midwinter Madness (1916)
Short | Short, Comedy, Drama

Midwinter Madness (1916)

Short | Short, Comedy, Drama

Rosalie, previous to her marriage to Jean Lenormand, had been wooed by a young trapper, Pierre Laroux. It was principally Pierre's weakness for drink that induced Rosalie to discard him in favor of Jean. But life in Jean Lenormand's cabin ...See moreRosalie, previous to her marriage to Jean Lenormand, had been wooed by a young trapper, Pierre Laroux. It was principally Pierre's weakness for drink that induced Rosalie to discard him in favor of Jean. But life in Jean Lenormand's cabin is an endless round of drudgery for Rosalie. Although they are poor they are happy in the love of their child, Cecile. Jean leaves for work, and while he is gone Pierre arrives as Rosalie is chopping wood. Pierre's love is reawakened, and he resolves to win her. Jean returns at supper time and discovers the bandanna handkerchief, which rouses his suspicions. He tries to shake off his jealousy as he enters the cabin and kisses his wife. Later, however, he is tortured by his suspicions, and seeks oblivion at the village saloon. Leaving the saloon slightly intoxicated, he encounters Pierre, whose insolent manner causes Jean to confront him with the accusing evidence of the handkerchief. They proceed to fight it out. In the mêlée Jean's leg is broken, and he is carried to his cabin, where Rosalie is watching at the bedside of her sick child. On Saturday night, Olympe Thury, a shameless woman, is comforting her child, when one of her lovers enters and tells her to come to the dance hall with her child. At the cabin, Jean in anger tells his wife to go to her lover, Pierre Laroux, and obtain the money that is due her as the wages of sin. When she leaves she says, "I'll not be accused without cause, I'm going to Pierre Laroux." At the dance hall she finds Pierre, and whispers, "I am yours tonight, if you will take me." An infant's wail arises from a back room. Olympe, hearing her baby crying, goes into the back room to nurse it. Rosalie hears the baby's cry and realizes that she is neglecting her sick child at home. She breaks away from Pierre and flies in agonized terror from the dance hall. He rushes after her. A shot rings out and as Rosalie stumbles with a bullet through her forearm, she has the presence of mind to drop behind a boulder. She succeeds in reaching the river bank, where she crouches under an overhanging rock. Pierre reaches the rock with unsteady feet and in another moment there is an ominous splash. Rosalie then returns to her cabin. Jean doesn't believe that Rosalie has taken him at his word until he hears the child crying for water. He crawls to the spring to get it and meanwhile Rosalie enters the cabin. Hearing Jean coming back, she hides behind the door. Her heart is touched by his kindness to the child and the picture fades as Rosalie and Jean embrace. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Dorothy Phillips Rosalie Lenormand Rosalie Lenormand See fewer	Broadway Love (1918)
Stanley Walpole Jean Lenormand Jean Lenormand See fewer	The Price of Innocence (1919)
Barrington Barringer Pierre Laroux Pierre Laroux See fewer	Mignonette (1916)
Nellie Slattery Olympe Thurry Olympe Thurry See fewer	The Mischief Maker (1916)

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