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The Last Rose (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

The Last Rose (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Carlotta Valondi, an Italian opera singer, is the idol of her friends. Angelo, also a singer, asks her to marry him, but she shows plainly that he bores her. She rents a house in the country, next door to the rectory where lives the young ...See moreCarlotta Valondi, an Italian opera singer, is the idol of her friends. Angelo, also a singer, asks her to marry him, but she shows plainly that he bores her. She rents a house in the country, next door to the rectory where lives the young minister, John Converse, and his old maid sister, Matilda. John later meets Carlotta and they become friends. And then John falls in love with the Italian singer. He brings her home to his sister's horror. Carlotta laughs at all rules and insists upon seeing John even when he is in the midst of a sermon. Knowing her husband's fondness for her favorite song, "The Last Rose of Summer," Carlotta has a record made of her voice singing it. This delights John. Marion, an old friend of John, with Matilda, visits them for a week, and John's attentions to this girl arouses the jealousy of his wife. This amuses her husband, who humors her. The sewing circle writes to Carlotta that they will meet at the rectory that Wednesday. Her husband asks her to be nice to them as a favor to him and she agrees for his sake. On Wednesday she steals away to the woods, but suddenly remembers her promise and goes back. She dashes in, her hair all disheveled and her frock awry. John is angry and they have their first quarrel. She repents as soon as he leaves and goes to make up. She finds him in the sitting room talking to Marion and creates a scene. John sends her upstairs and tries to apologize to Marion for the insult. Her anger over, Carlotta seeks her husband and tries to make things right. He tells her he cannot forgive her. Angered at this, she decides to run away for a few days to give him a lesson. It so happens that Angelo has written her a note, which she receives that morning, asking her to come to him when she tires of her minister husband. This she flings to the floor. But next day Matilda finds this and the worst is thought of the missing wife. Carlotta returns at the end of the week to be barred by Matilda, who tells her that John has started proceedings for divorce. Carlotta pleads with her husband, who softens, but Matilda stands at his other side, urging that it is his duty to give this woman up. Time passes, Carlotta returns to the stage, but her heart is broken. The passing of years brings softness and understanding to John. He reads in the papers that she intends to return to Italy forever. The day before she sails she decides to go to the old rectory just once. She steals upon the quiet porch and is about to go away when her attention is arrested by the strains of her old song. John is playing it and on the desk before him lies a faded rose. Carlotta knows then that he has not forgotten and enters. He looks up, she creeps closer to him, and all bitterness and past unhappiness are forgotten. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Lottie Briscoe Carlotta Valondi Carlotta Valondi See fewer	The House of Mirth (1918)
Arthur V. Johnson John Converse John Converse See fewer	The Beloved Adventurer (1914)
Eleanor Blanchard Matilda Converse Matilda Converse See fewer	Life's Whirlpool (1916)
Betty Brice Marion (as Rosetta Bruce) Marion (as Rosetta Bruce) See fewer	Michael Strogoff (1914)
Howard M. Mitchell Angelo Angelo See fewer	The Mother Heart (1921)
Frances Sanson Actress Actress See fewer	Belle of Barnegat (1915)