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Bubbles in the Glass (1916)
Short | Short, Drama

Bubbles in the Glass (1916)

Short | Short, Drama

The girl was proud of her fiancé as he presided at a "little dinner" he was giving. It was to be their last meal together for some time, he explained, for he was "going on a journey." When the banquet was over he refused to accompany the ...See moreThe girl was proud of her fiancé as he presided at a "little dinner" he was giving. It was to be their last meal together for some time, he explained, for he was "going on a journey." When the banquet was over he refused to accompany the others to the opera, murmuring a polite excuse about a "business engagement." But he waved goodbye to them gaily, and seemed thoroughly happy and free from care. Yet the girl, who loved him, had a feeling that something was wrong, and while at the opera, her attention wandered from the songs and singers to the man they had left smiling in the restaurant. Something was wrong. Careless expenditures had ruined the man the friends thought wealthy, and "the journey" he talked of was a journey he planned to the other world. The last glass of wine was in the bottle; he would sip that, and then end it all. Then it seemed to him that the bubbles winked back at him, and he saw, or believed he saw, a tragedy of the vineyard. There was a beautiful girl, a worker in the vineyard, and she had two suitors. That interested him for the girl he loved had another suitor, and sometimes the man who planned a journey was jealous too. The men in his vision fought for the woman, and the one who was victor fled for his life, only to fall a victim to his pursuers. The girl had watched the chase with staring eyes, and when she saw the end, she fell fainting to the ground. In another vision he saw a tragedy of the wine presses, a woman who fooled a man who loved her to gain vengeance upon the man she hated. And when the efforts of the fool came to naught, and he was led away to punishment, the woman he adored disowned him, and fawned upon the man she hated. It was wonderful wine, that last glass, somehow it seemed to tell him a story of many incidents of its career. Some were pleasant; others not and the man mused over them. For the first time he realized his own insignificance. A soft arm entwined itself around his neck, two beautiful eyes gazed pleadingly into his, and the sweet voice of the girl spoke awakening him from his reverie. She had been worried, she said, and had hurried away from the opera. From his few words and his actions, she had guessed his secret. His money was gone, well, what of that? Love and health remained, and with those happiness was assured, and with a loyal wife by his side, he could fight his way back to fortune. A realization of his folly came to the man. He told the girl that her love would make him live. He picked up his glass, and holding it high in air cried: "Here's to the life I will live in the future, the life I will live to make me worthy of you." He took a sip of the wine, then held it to her lips. She drank, and the glass fell unheeded to the floor, as he took her in his arms. And there it lay shattered, the bubbles in the glass slowly vanishing, as the bubbles of folly and extravagance vanished from his own life, never more to return. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Lorraine Huling Barbara Adams Barbara Adams See fewer	King Lear (1916)
Harris Gordon Kenneth Rintool - Barbara's Fiance Kenneth Rintool - Barbara's Fiance See fewer	The Mill on the Floss (1915)
J. Morris Foster The Glass Blower (as Morris Foster) The Glass Blower (as Morris Foster) See fewer	The Secret Man (1917)
Madeline Fairbanks The Glass Blower's Sweetheart The Glass Blower's Sweetheart See fewer	The Million Dollar Mystery (1914)
Ethel Jewett Vineyard Worker Vineyard Worker See fewer	Remorse (1914)
Thomas A. Curran Benton Benton See fewer	Two Sisters (1929)
Kathryn Adams Benton's Wicked Wife Benton's Wicked Wife See fewer	Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917)
George Marlo A Dissolute Clerk A Dissolute Clerk See fewer	The Mill on the Floss (1915)