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The Shadow of Tragedy (1914)
Short | Short, Drama

The Shadow of Tragedy (1914)

Short | Short, Drama

Robert Sterling, while inspecting old books at a club library in a distant city, avails himself of a few idle moments to write a lover-like note to his wife. This note he fails to date. The letter is duly addressed to "Mrs. Robert Sterling...See moreRobert Sterling, while inspecting old books at a club library in a distant city, avails himself of a few idle moments to write a lover-like note to his wife. This note he fails to date. The letter is duly addressed to "Mrs. Robert Sterling," sealed and stamped. A few moments later Sterling is stricken with heart-failure, and in his struggle closes one of the books on the letter. In time the book is replaced on a shelf without the letter being discovered. Twenty years later, Robert Sterling, son of the dead man. brings a bride to the old home. He knows nothing of her history. Robert is of an intensely jealous nature, and his wife's actions amuse suspicions. There appear good reasons to believe that the girl, Mary, is still in communication with an unknown lover, and Robert sets a trap by leaving the house, declaring he will not return until the next day. Mary has made an appointment with the mysterious stranger and is much relieved at her husband's announcement. Robert's suspicions have become certainties through the reading of the letter written by his father twenty years before, and which fate has now caused to be delivered, and which Robert has opened before observing that it is addressed to "Mrs." and not "Mr." Robert Sterling. Robert secretly returns to the house and follows Mary to the conservatory, where he finds her with a stranger. In a wild rage, Robert attempts to shoot the man, but Mary throws herself between and receives the bullet. Before Robert can fire again. Mary declares the stranger to be her brother Tom, who had been a scapegrace and black sheep, has vainly tried to save from evil and whose existence she had determined to secret from her husband. The meeting in the conservatory was arranged that she may give him money to leave the country, he having promised to begin life anew. Robert's mother arrives upon the scene a few moments after Robert fired and now begs her son to be calm, urging that perhaps Mary has told the truth. Robert thrusts the fatal letter into her hands, demanding to know how he can ignore such proof of his wife's guilt. The mother is dumb for a moment then looks more closely at the letter and in amazement recognizes her own husband's handwriting, and calls attention to the fact that the stamp is of an issue used twenty years before. Robert cannot be convinced and is tilled with remorse. Mary's wound proves not fatal, however, and she freely forgives her husband. Tom is assisted to leave the country, he declaring that hereafter his life shall be straight. With the dissipation of the secret which has cast a shadow between them, Robert and Mary feel that before them lie years of happiness. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Arthur V. Johnson Robert Sterling - the Son Robert Sterling - the Son See fewer	The Beloved Adventurer (1914)
Lottie Briscoe Mary Sterling Mary Sterling See fewer	The House of Mirth (1918)
Charles Brandt Robert Sterling - the Father Robert Sterling - the Father See fewer	The College Widow (1915)
Mary Carr Martha Sterling - the Mother (as Mrs. Carr) Martha Sterling - the Mother (as Mrs. Carr) See fewer	Lights of New York (1928)
Raymond Hackett Robert Sterling (as a boy) Robert Sterling (as a boy) See fewer	The Trial of Mary Dugan (1929)
Howard M. Mitchell Tom - Mary's Brother Tom - Mary's Brother See fewer	The Mother Heart (1921)
Gilbert Ely The Librarian The Librarian See fewer	The White Mask (1915)