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A Woman of Impulse (1915)
Drama
Magda, the high-strung wife of Baron Otto Gyldenkrantz, does not live happily with her dissipated husband, so spends much of her time with a friend, Gustave Johnson. Being informed by the valet that his wife went out for a ride with ...See moreMagda, the high-strung wife of Baron Otto Gyldenkrantz, does not live happily with her dissipated husband, so spends much of her time with a friend, Gustave Johnson. Being informed by the valet that his wife went out for a ride with Johnson, the Baron decides to follow them. He overtakes them at the race course, where he makes a scene, and Magda strikes him down with her riding crop. Otto and his family appeal to his uncle. Sir John Hoick, for advice. The latter suggests sending Magda abroad for a visit, but when they tell her she says she intends getting a divorce from her husband. After the divorce, Magda and Johnson are constant companions, but ere long he tires of her. Then they quarrel and separate. Magda is attracted by Silkowitz, leader of an orchestra, whose attention she accepts until his inveterate gambling disgusts her. Now weary, she telegraphs Sir John Hoick asking permission to return home, but he answers that she is an exile forever. Sometime later Magda accepts a position as secret agent of Ambassador Leo Donaldson. The latter instructs her to find out what she can do about certain bombs, the information being in the possession of the Military Attaché, Count Von Schonau. She met the Count once and he spoke of the bombs. She invites him to call upon her and persuades him to loan her the documents pertaining to the bombs, which she gives to Donaldson to copy. Then Magda conceives a scheme to rid herself of Silkowitz, who has now become a nuisance, borrowing money from her continually. She tells Count Schonau that the documents have been stolen. When Silkowitz calls, she manages to rip a slight opening in the back of his coat. Calling attention to it, she offers to have it mended, whereupon she instructs her maid to sew the documents in the lining of the coat. She sends Silkowitz to the Count with a note, stating that she suspects the bearer of having the papers and to leave the office for a moment, and when Silkowitz leaves to have him followed and searched. The papers are found on Silkowitz and he is arrested. At a restaurant Magda sees Sir John Hoick with his son, Percy. Feeling an impulsive desire to rejoin the family, she decides to make young Hoick fall in love with her. He leaves the restaurant alone, so she follows him and feigns stumbling just in front of him on the sidewalk. He is at once impressed by her beauty and takes her home in a taxicab. He offends her by making love too soon and she tells him to come back the next day at 3 p.m. He remembers that he has a most important appointment at that hour with the Minister of War, his employer, and pleads with her to name another time. She insists that he must come at 3 p.m., which he finally agrees to do. He writes a note to the Minister of War breaking the engagement. That official is highly indignant and notifies Percy's father. Meantime Percy has kept his appointment with Magda, and together they have gone to Percy's home. Here the angry father finds them, and when he recognizes Magda and tells Percy who she is, his short romance is abruptly ended, and Magda is left to her fate. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Updated Jan 31, 1915
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Jan 1915 (United States)

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