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The Woman He Feared (1916)
Short | 30 min | Short, Drama, Romance

The Woman He Feared (1916)

Short | 30 min | Short, Drama, Romance

Henry Clive, a wealthy widower, placed his small daughter, May, in a convent when she was a mere child, and now that her education is completed takes her home. Clive, alone, has amused himself according to his fancy, but now that his ...See moreHenry Clive, a wealthy widower, placed his small daughter, May, in a convent when she was a mere child, and now that her education is completed takes her home. Clive, alone, has amused himself according to his fancy, but now that his daughter has come to live with him he decides to reform. So he informs Claire, his mistress, that their relations can continue no longer. Piqued, she plans revenge. Her nephew, John Gray, is a drunkard. When he loses his position on a newspaper because of this, she sends him to a sanatorium, where his cure is eventually consummated, and she promises to make him her heir and draws up her will accordingly. Through her he meets an artist, Myrtle Andrews, who has received a commission from Clive to paint May's picture. May makes the acquaintance of Gray and soon the two are friends. Claire, who has been watching the little love god at work, tells her regenerated nephew that she will provide him with ample funds for a wedding if he can win May, but he must keep secret the fact that she is his aunt. While not understanding the reason for the stipulation, Gray agrees. The wedding takes place. To the wedding breakfast comes Claire with her friend the artist. Stealthily she exchanges her glass of champagne for his of ginger ale. Gray becomes intoxicated and shames the woman he married and her father, and Claire tells Clive that because he once spurned her that now she is avenged and also discloses the fact that Gray is her nephew. Clive orders Gray returned to his apartments, whither Claire follows with liquors, and when he recovers somewhat from his drunken stupor tempts him further. May, meantime, has decided that her place belongs beside him. As she arrives Gray, somewhat awakened to what his aunt is endeavoring to do, berates her and orders her from the house. Claire, returning to her own home, intends striking Gray from her will, but ere she can do this an attack of heart failure ends her life. So Gray and his wife are free to live out their lives in peace. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Franklyn Farnum John Gray John Gray See fewer	Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Vola Vale May Clive (as Vola Smith) May Clive (as Vola Smith) See fewer	Who Cares (1925)
William Canfield Henry Clive Henry Clive See fewer	A Knight of the Range (1916)
Clarissa Selwynne Claire Claire See fewer	The Running Fight (1915)
Adele Farrington Myrtle Andrews Myrtle Andrews See fewer	Too Much Johnson (1919)
Virginia Lee Corbin Actress Actress See fewer	Bare Knees (1928)