A Shattered Romance's primary photo
  • A Shattered Romance (1915)
  • Short | Short, Drama
Primary photo for A Shattered Romance
A Shattered Romance (1915)
Short | Short, Drama
Lillian Wiggins, a society girl and an admirer of fine arts,, while motoring along a rocky beach, comes across Jack Bryce, a handsome young artist, who is painting a herd of seal. She stops to admire his work. They become acquainted and ...See moreLillian Wiggins, a society girl and an admirer of fine arts,, while motoring along a rocky beach, comes across Jack Bryce, a handsome young artist, who is painting a herd of seal. She stops to admire his work. They become acquainted and exchange cards. Lillian is infatuated with the artist, and the romance of his profession appeals to her. The next day she writes him asking him to call and arrange for painting a portrait of her. He accepts the commission. Her love is reciprocated as the picture proceeds, and soon he proposes and is accepted. Soon after the betrothal, Lillian, again riding along the country road, stops her car at a scenic point. Suddenly she beholds a little girl fighting with a great eagle. As she rushes to her rescue, the eagle flies away and perches on a rock above them. Lillian then learns that the eagle had stolen the little girl's baby brother and carried him off to its nest from which the baby had been rescued by the courageous sister. Lillian took the baby and the girl, Violet, into her car and drove to the children's home, where she found their mother sick in bed. One object in the poorly furnished room where the sick woman lay attracted the attention of Lilian. It was a picture of Jack, her fiancé, holding the little girl on his lap. As she washed the child's wounds, Lillian asked Violet who the man was. "My papa," was the reply. Surreptitiously slipping the photo into her bosom, she asked the sick woman's permission to take Violet home with her that the wounds may be properly dressed. That evening, when Jack calls at Lillian's home, Lillian accuses him of being married. He denies it until Lillian calls his daughter, Violet, from the next room. Jack hangs his head in shame, takes his little girl by the hand, and goes home. Gathering his sick wife in his arms, he asks her forgiveness, though she had not known of his perfidy. While that scene is being enacted, Lillian, seated at her fireplace, tears Jack's photograph to pieces and throws it into the grate. The fire flares up and fades out. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
Read more: Plot summary
Trending

Become a member to see MOVIEmeter and news information about A Shattered Romance.
Status
Edit Released
Updated Sep 13, 1915
Release date
Sep 13, 1915 (United States)

Contacts

+ Add

Become a member to see contact information for A Shattered Romance.

Cast

 + Add Cast
3 cast members
Name Known for
Lillian Worth's primary photo
Lillian Worth
Lillian (as Lillian Wiggins) Lillian (as Lillian Wiggins)   See fewer
Bungling Bunk's Bunco (1914)
Jack Bryce's primary photo
Jack Bryce
Jack Jack   See fewer
Her Atonement (1915)
Phyllis Grey's primary photo
Phyllis Grey
Jack's Wife Jack's Wife   See fewer
The Strange Story of Sylvia Gray (1914)
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.
There was an issue loading this tab.

MOVIEmeter

Members only

Become a member to access additional data

Ratings Breakdown

+ Add external reviews