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  • The Gilded Life (1916)
  • Short | 10 min | Short, Drama
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The Gilded Life (1916)
Short | 10 min | Short, Drama
Two sisters take different paths, one to a humble, honest home, the other to a gilded life of luxury. One night the husband, a night watchman, discovers burglars at work upon his employer's safe. He reaches the scene at the moment of the ...See moreTwo sisters take different paths, one to a humble, honest home, the other to a gilded life of luxury. One night the husband, a night watchman, discovers burglars at work upon his employer's safe. He reaches the scene at the moment of the explosion and is felled by the heavy door. His body is taken home to his faithful wife, Alice. Alice's sister, Helen, reads of the disaster, and offers assistance, which is refused. Alice secures employment, and the mission workers send someone each day to care for her children. Helen determines to leave her sinful life. She goes to her sister's home and finds Alice absent. The mission worker comes and takes her for Alice. This deception she carries on for some time. Phil, upon learning of Helen's life in the mission, is deeply moved. He offers her any concession if she will only come back. Helen confides in an old minister, who requests that she return with him. Phil comes to Alice's home. Alice, upon learning of Phil's relation to Helen, insists that he leave her house. Just then the minister arrives with Helen, who quotes from the Bible: "That joy likewise shall be in heaven over one sinner that repenteth more than over ninety and nine just persons, which need no repentance." Alice is awakened to a fuller understanding and the minister marries Helen and Phil. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Phillips Smalley (scenario) | Lois Weber (scenario)
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Updated Dec 29, 1916
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Dec 29, 1916 (United States)

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