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The Love of Mary West (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

The Love of Mary West (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

A wealthy stock broker of thirty-five, David Warren, lives alone in his beautiful city home with his only child, a girl of five. He is wholly absorbed with the baby and when she dies suddenly from a fall, he is prostrated with grief. One ...See moreA wealthy stock broker of thirty-five, David Warren, lives alone in his beautiful city home with his only child, a girl of five. He is wholly absorbed with the baby and when she dies suddenly from a fall, he is prostrated with grief. One day, about a month after the death of his child, haunted by her face, he leaves the office and walks down the crowded street. A little child, running after its mother, collides with him. Looking down, he seems to see his own baby, and pushes the child aside, almost roughly. Mary West, a widow of thirty, poorly but neatly dressed, passes just in time to see the incident. She is attracted by David's sorrowful face, but thinks he dislikes children. He crosses the street, staring ahead, but sees nothing. Just before he reaches the opposite curb, an auto comes swiftly around the corner. Mary, just behind him, sees his danger and springing forward, pushes him out of the way in time, both falling as the car dashes by. David helps her up and, putting the woman into a taxi, takes her home. When they arrive, he asks to call the next day. She consents to go for a ride with him. During the next two months their friendship ripens into love, but fearing David's supposed dislike for children, she hides from him the fact that she has a baby girl of four. One day while walking in the park he asks her to marry him. She refuses, believing it would mean giving up her child. She goes home that night to sit by her baby, and dreams of what a marriage to David Warren would mean. The next evening she goes out to deliver a hat, and after putting "Ruthie," her baby, to bed, asks the old woman next door to attend the little girl if she cries. The old woman accidentally drops a lighted match, which sets fire to the carpet. Without noticing it she then goes back into her own room. In the meantime, David, after a sleepless night, determines to again see Mary. He arrives in his car and finds the house in flames. The old woman tells him of the baby left asleep in Mary's room, and he rushes in to get the child. Mary, as she nears the house, sees it in flames, and nervous and weary, falls fainting near David's car. David's chauffeur picks her up and puts her in the car, just as David, carrying Ruthie, staggers from the tenement, and over to the car. Mary revives to see David petting and caressing her child. She tells him that it was because of her child that she refused to marry him, but when he explains that he wants them both, she consents to become his wife. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Edna Maison Mary West - Widow Mary West - Widow See fewer	Richelieu (1914)
Ray Gallagher David Warren - Widower David Warren - Widower See fewer	The Prisoner's Story (1912)

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