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Ashes (1913)
Short | 22 min | Short, Drama

Ashes (1913)

Short | 22 min | Short, Drama

An old man, alone in his mansion, decides to give a dinner to the memories of the girls he loved and lost. He has the table decked with garlands and at each place he puts a bouquet of the flowers most representative of the girl who would ...See moreAn old man, alone in his mansion, decides to give a dinner to the memories of the girls he loved and lost. He has the table decked with garlands and at each place he puts a bouquet of the flowers most representative of the girl who would occupy that place if she herself were there instead of his memory of her. There is a bunch of violets at the first plate. As he stoops over the fragrant blossoms, he lives again the first romance of his life when he met and fell in love with pretty Betty, a country lass. This was in the first days of his youth and her refusal of him almost broke his heart. Seeing her in the arms of his more fortunate rival, he left the village, and there the memory of the violets ends. There is a bunch of lilies of the valley at the next plate. They bring back a girl just as white and cold as the flower. She was a society belle and he met her when he first visited the big city. She said she loved him and he believed her, but when a richer man proposed, she cast him aside for wealth. Her wedding was the talk of the town, but the boy did not wait for it. He never saw her again. Orchids at the next plate, their purple depths held sweet memories of a bewitching face, the face of the lovely Countess, whose most ardent admirer he was when he first went up to Washington, a young attaché in the diplomatic service. She pretended that she loved him and he was very happy. But, into the midst of his joy came the shock of discovering that his sweet Countess was a foreign spy, who intended to use him to gain information she could not get any other way. He left Washington at once to forget her. Red roses. What memories their perfume held. That night in Paris when he first met the dark-eyed Spanish dancer, Carmencita. How he loved her, and how she loved him, until her lover, the Count, challenged him to a duel on her account. Then Carmencita realized that it was not the American to whom her heart was given, after all. She rushed to the dueling ground to prevent bloodshed, but wholly for the Count's sake. Returning to America, an older, wiser man, he finds his ideal in the charming daughter of some old friends. Realizing that he is very rich, this girl's parents insist upon her accepting him. But he discovers in time that her heart is given to his secretary and for her sake he gives her up. The sweet peas at this last plate are perhaps the dearest flower of all to him. As he rises to toast these ladies of his past, the stem of his wine glass snaps and he falls across the table, dead. An overturned candle sets fire to the draperies and before many minutes each flower is reduced to a small heap of ashes. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Irving Cummings The Old Man The Old Man See fewer	Curly Top (1935)
Rosemary Theby Carmencita the Dancer Carmencita the Dancer See fewer	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1921)
Edgena De Lespine The Countess Spy The Countess Spy See fewer	London Assurance (1913)
Norma Phillips The Society Belle The Society Belle See fewer	Our Mutual Girl (1914)
Bobbie Robbins The Country Girl The Country Girl See fewer	Below the Deadline (1913)
Irene Howley The Lost True Love The Lost True Love See fewer	Her Father's Keeper (1917)