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Thelma (1912)
Short | Drama, Short

Thelma (1912)

Short | Drama, Short

Phillip Erington, a rich Englishman, is loved by Clara Winsleigh. He repulses her. To get away from the women who run after him he takes three of his friends in his yacht and sets sail for Norway. Here on the shores he meets Thelma, a ...See morePhillip Erington, a rich Englishman, is loved by Clara Winsleigh. He repulses her. To get away from the women who run after him he takes three of his friends in his yacht and sets sail for Norway. Here on the shores he meets Thelma, a beautiful Norse maiden. He visits her home and soon learns to love her. With her father's consent he asks her to be his wife. She consents. Sigured, a half wild boy, is her constant companion; is so jealous that he tries to kill Phillip. Dyceworthy, the English minister, also loves Thelma, but she does not care for him. He gets her to his home by a forged letter and there tries to make love to her. But she is saved by Phillip's friend Dupres and Thelma's maid, Britta. An old woman, Louisa, hates Thelma because her grandchild, Britta, has left her to live with Thelma. Another old Norse woman, Ulrica, joins with Louisa until she sees Sigured, whom she recognizes as her misshapen dwarfed son, whom she cast adrift upon the river in a basket a few days after he was born. The thought of the kindness of Thelma and her father to her poor deserted child softens her heart. Thelma and Phillip are married and return to London. All London is talking about the Norse girl that Erington has married. None have seen her. She appears at a ball given by Clara, who hates her and makes a great success. A friend of Erington's, Neville, tells Phil that he has married Violet Vere, a stage dancer. She has left him. He wants Phillip to go and see her and ask her to make up with him. Phillip leaves the box where he and his wife are being entertained. Clara tells Thelma he has gone back to see the actress and tries to arouse Thelma's suspicions. Clara gets hold of a letter written from the actress to Neville and gives it to Thelma, making it appear that it was written to Phil. Thelma believes that her husband is tired of her. All alone she runs away from London and back to her father. Britta the little maid finds cut why she went and denounces Clara to Phil. Meantime Thelma has returned home. Her father, very ill, sees the Valkyrie. He knows he is about to die. He has his man. Valdemar carry him to his boat and sets afire to the boat so that he may die on a burning ship like his Norse ancestors. Thelma loses her mind. Phil rushes to Norway with Britta and the sight of him and being convinced that Clara lied brings hack her wandering mind and all ends well. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Alice Weeks Thelma Guldmar Thelma Guldmar See fewer	The Moral Deadline (1919)
Irving Cummings Phillip Erington Phillip Erington See fewer	Curly Top (1935)
Joseph S. Chailee Olaf Guldmar - Thelma's Father (as Joseph Chaillie) Olaf Guldmar - Thelma's Father (as Joseph Chaillie) See fewer	Beyond the Great Wall (1920)
Marguerita Dwight Lady Clara Winsleigh Lady Clara Winsleigh See fewer	Thelma (1912)
George Majeroni Sir Francis Lennox (as Georgio Majeroni) Sir Francis Lennox (as Georgio Majeroni) See fewer	Bella Donna (1915)
Julia Hurley Luisa Esland Luisa Esland See fewer	Il trovatore (1914)
Virginia Westbrook Brita - Luisa's Maid Brita - Luisa's Maid See fewer	Love Knows No Laws (1912)
Robert Emmett Tansey Sigurd - a Dwarf (as Robert Tansey) Sigurd - a Dwarf (as Robert Tansey) See fewer	Badman's Gold (1951)