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The Spite Husband (1916)
Short | Short, Drama

The Spite Husband (1916)

Short | Short, Drama

Katherine Mortimer, a rich and eccentric young woman, spending the summer at the seashore with Mrs. Cochran, her aunt and chaperone, learns she has been jilted by her fiancé, Horace Castlebury, who has eloped with Ethel Van Eltinge, a ...See moreKatherine Mortimer, a rich and eccentric young woman, spending the summer at the seashore with Mrs. Cochran, her aunt and chaperone, learns she has been jilted by her fiancé, Horace Castlebury, who has eloped with Ethel Van Eltinge, a brewer's daughter. The headstrong Katherine vows to marry the first man she meets. She swims out beyond her depth and is rescued by Bill, a fisherman, who takes her to his cabin on the shore. He revives her and as he is the first man she has met she straightaway proposes to him. Bill is gifted with the talents of a great painter and aspires to become famous as such. Katherine persuades him to become her husband and he accepts her proposition in view of the fact that her money will further his ambitions. After the marriage ceremony, Katherine informs him that she is to be his wife in name only, but as the weeks pass by he finds himself falling in love with her. Castlebury and his bride come to the seashore, and there Katharine triumphs in her own mind as she introduces him to her "spite husband." Castlebury, however, sees through the ruse and immediately starts another affair with Katherine, whom he finds a willing victim. He neglects his pretty wife. This state of affairs is finally brought to Bill's attention by the neglected wife and Bill brings matters to an abrupt climax when he interrupts a secret meeting and soundly thrashes Castlebury. Bill renounces Katherine in a stormy scene and returns to his fisherman's on the shore. It is then that she discovers that she really loves her "spite husband," and the following morning she follows him to the cabin and pleads with him to take her hack. Bill at first will not listen to her, but when she takes possession of the place in her feminine way and starts to clean it up and wash his breakfast dishes he realizes that the girl has at last found her true woman's heart. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
Crane Wilbur Bill Bill See fewer	The Bat (1959)
Mae Gaston Catherine Mortimer Catherine Mortimer See fewer	The Lone Star Rush (1915)
Ida Lewis Mrs. Cochran Mrs. Cochran See fewer	Some Pun'kins (1925)
Harrish Ingraham Horace Castlebury Horace Castlebury See fewer	Lena Rivers (II) (1914)
Jessie Burnett Ethel Castlebury Ethel Castlebury See fewer	The Wasted Years (1916)
Claude N. Mortensen Van Allen (as Claude Mortenson) Van Allen (as Claude Mortenson) See fewer	The Three Musketeers (1916)

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