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The Problem (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

The Problem (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Fred Rees, an estimable young man of moderate wealth, proposes to and is accepted by Edith Shanlon, providing he can secure her mother's consent. Her mother informs Rees that she has sacrificed much to give her daughter an education and ...See moreFred Rees, an estimable young man of moderate wealth, proposes to and is accepted by Edith Shanlon, providing he can secure her mother's consent. Her mother informs Rees that she has sacrificed much to give her daughter an education and social position and that she should at least make a wealthy marriage in payment. After Rees's departure, Mrs. Shanlon, with her daughter's happiness foremost in her thoughts, falls into a doze and in a dream sees her daughter married to a wealthy man, Howard Grey. In the dream it is not long before Grey tires of his wife and spends most of his time with an affinity Leona. Edith overhears him making an appointment to dine with Leona and persuades her mother to accompany her to the café. There they overhear Grey boasting that his wife was bought and paid for like the wine they are drinking, but the wine was the better purchase. Mrs. Shanlon realizes that the marriage has not been a success. Grey returns to his home drunk and attempts to embrace his wife, who shoots him. Awakening with a start, Mrs. Shanlon is grateful that she has only been dreaming and when, at the suggestion of Edith's grandfather, she and her lover return to ask her mother to reconsider her former decision, the enlightened mother is only too willing to give her consent. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Edward Coxen Fred Rees (as Ed Coxen) Fred Rees (as Ed Coxen) See fewer	The Bells (1918)
Winifred Greenwood Edith Shanlon Edith Shanlon See fewer	The Mission Worker (1911)
Josephine Ditt Mrs. Shanlon Mrs. Shanlon See fewer	The Secretary of Frivolous Affairs (1915)
John Steppling Grandfather Grandfather See fewer	Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1913)
Al Fordyce Howard Grey Howard Grey See fewer	The Bruiser (1916)
Charlotte Burton Leona Leona See fewer	Her Younger Sister (1914)