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Victims of Vanity (1914)
Short | Drama, Short

Victims of Vanity (1914)

Short | Drama, Short

Harris is the secretary and confidential man of Banker Walrath, and when Mr. Walrath is about to leave on a business trip, he asks Harris to take charge of the wife's magnificent pearl necklace for him and place it in his vault. Shortly ...See moreHarris is the secretary and confidential man of Banker Walrath, and when Mr. Walrath is about to leave on a business trip, he asks Harris to take charge of the wife's magnificent pearl necklace for him and place it in his vault. Shortly afterward Mrs. Harris calls up her husband on the 'phone and reminds him that they are to go to a dance that night and therefore to come home early. Detained at the office by pressing work, and unwilling to disappoint his wife, Harris lacks time to place the necklace in the bank and decides, in a fatal moment to take it home with him. On arriving home his wife, seeing the package, opens it, and greatly admires the splendid pearls. But Harris' intention of going to the dance is frustrated by a telegram from Walrath asking the secretary to come on to New York on the next express, as he needs him. The secretary hastily packs his grip, places the jewels in it, intending to take them with him. But his wife has yielded to temptation, and unknown to him, removed them from the grip, leaving in their place a note saying that the pearls are safe and that she could not resist wearing them. Later, on reaching the train, Harris finds the note, and, consumed with anxiety, leaves at once to return home. In the meantime, at Harris' request, his friend, Wendell, has taken Mrs. Harris to the dance. Unknown to her an escaped convict has entered the house, and when on her return she is removing the pearls, she sees in the mirror the reflection of the intending thief. She hastily looks the door, and with her husband's revolver, awaits developments. Knowing that the woman is alone, the thief brazenly endeavors to force in the door in the face of her threats to fire. At this dramatic juncture, the returning Harris hurriedly enters the house. The thief conceals himself, sees Harris go to the door and receive in his body the bullet intended for another. Harris' call to his wife as he falls, causes her to open the door. The thief, seizing his opportunity, grasps the jewels and escapes to hide his booty beneath a nearby tree. Later he is captured by the police, who do not know of this last crime and sent back to prison for ten years more. When Harris recovers the detectives question him as to the missing pearls. His story is considered weak, since he dare not expose his wife, and he has to bind himself to pay $2,000 a year for ten years to make good for the necklace. His wife, aghast at the trouble she has caused him, writes to the banker confessing her miserable share in the loss of the pearls, and decides to go away from the scene of her shame. She secures a position as stewardess on a ship and for years expiates her weakness by absence from the home and the man she loves. How finally the mystery of the missing jewels is cleared up, how the thief is struck down by the hand of God at the very moment when he is reaching oat his hand to seize the fortune within his grasp, and how husband and wife are at last reunited, end an unusual drama. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Francis Carlyle Henry Harris Henry Harris See fewer	The Perils of Pauline (1914)
Helen Lynn Mrs. Harris - Henry's Wife Mrs. Harris - Henry's Wife See fewer	The Parasites (1914)
M.O. Penn Captain Fisher Captain Fisher See fewer	Rod of Wrath (1915)
Harrish Ingraham Wendell Wendell See fewer	Lena Rivers (II) (1914)
Charles E. Bunnell Banker Walrath (as Charles Burnell) Banker Walrath (as Charles Burnell) See fewer	When Rome Ruled (1914)