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The Blinded Heart (1914)
Short | 11 min | Short, Drama

The Blinded Heart (1914)

Short | 11 min | Short, Drama

Fred Lester, a young farmer, has been married to Rose for about three years. Rose is some years younger than Fred, and is still a child in many respects. Her entire idea of life is to be tender and loving to Fred. Fred, fairly well ...See moreFred Lester, a young farmer, has been married to Rose for about three years. Rose is some years younger than Fred, and is still a child in many respects. Her entire idea of life is to be tender and loving to Fred. Fred, fairly well educated, and a reader of books, loves Rose, but is dissatisfied with his life not finding in Rose the bright, mental companionship he thinks he desires above all else. There comes to the neighborhood for a rest, Florie, a butterfly of the city, pretty, a wearer of good clothes, with a smattering of knowledge of many things, enough to greatly impress one so inexperienced in real life as Fred. Florie meets Fred by chance, and to pass the time away draws him into what to her is an idle flirtation, but to him a serious affair. He is completely infatuated. Rose has from the first been aware of the affair between Fred and Florie, and her heart has almost broken in secret. She is bewildered and helpless. Her only clear thought is that, no matter what the cost to herself, she desires Fred to be happy, and determines that if that happiness is found with Florie and not with herself, Fred shall have it. Florie suddenly announces that she must return to the city. Fred is staggered by the idea. Up to this time he has given no serious thought to the matter, simply accepting daily the intoxicating delight of Florie's companionship without thought of the future. Now, the idea of life on the farm, alone with Rose, seems intolerable to him. He proposes to Florie that he go away with her. Florie readily agrees. Rose has overheard the arrangement, but keeps silent. Fred secretly packs and conceals a suitcase. Rose discovers it and examines the contents with fond solicitude, finding, as she feared, that Fred's choice of clothing has been boyishly impractical. She repacks the suitcase, adding his winter underwear, placing with the garments a little note cautioning him to put on the wool if the weather grows damp or cold. That night she silently watches from a place of concealment when Fred steals away. Fred meets Florie at the railway station and together they discover the note. Fred is simply astonished and dazed. Florie instantly comprehends the whole situation, the sacrifice Rose has made, and how vital a passion must be the love which could conceive and execute it. Florie's real spirit, a kindly heart, of which she had never dreamed herself possessed, suddenly flares up in a fierce anger against Fred. In cold contempt she tells him to go back to beg forgiveness, and all his life thank God for the gift of so great a love. Humbled and repentant, Fred goes to find, with his now larger understanding, happiness. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Arthur V. Johnson Fred Lester - the Husband Fred Lester - the Husband See fewer	The Beloved Adventurer (1914)
Lottie Briscoe Rose Lester - the Wife Rose Lester - the Wife See fewer	The House of Mirth (1918)
Florence Hackett Florie - a Butterfly of the City Florie - a Butterfly of the City See fewer	The Beloved Adventurer (1914)

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