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  • A Madison Square Arabian Night (1918)
  • Short | Short, Drama
A Madison Square Arabian Night (1918)
Short | Short, Drama
Carson Chalmers has received two parcels in the foreign mail. One contains the photograph of a woman; the other is a letter from another woman, containing innuendos concerning the one in the photo. Tearing the letter into bits, he orders ...See moreCarson Chalmers has received two parcels in the foreign mail. One contains the photograph of a woman; the other is a letter from another woman, containing innuendos concerning the one in the photo. Tearing the letter into bits, he orders his butler to go out and get a man from the bread line in Madison Square to dine with him. Seated at the table, the human wreck decides to discard all the conventional hard luck stories in his repertoire and tell the truth about himself, which was that he was Sherrard Plumer, once a noted portrait painter who, because of an uncontrollable trick of bringing out in the face of a portrait the hidden characteristics of the original, has come to be feared and shunned. Hence his downfall from "booze." As an experiment Chalmers sets him at work on a pastel sketch from the photograph he has received. After Plumer's departure Chalmers tries to look at the sketch but his courage fails. Finally he summons a young artist in the house, who pronounces it the work of a master and the face "one of God's own angels," whereupon Chalmers pounces upon the astonished young man, gripping his hand and shouting, "It's my wife. She's traveling in Europe. Take the sketch and paint the greatest picture of your life." Written by Moving Picture World, March 9, 1918 See less
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O. Henry (story) | A. Van Buren Powell
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Updated Apr 5, 1918
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Apr 5, 1918 (United States)

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