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Two Great Griefs (1908)
Short | 6 min | Short, Drama

Two Great Griefs (1908)

Short | 6 min | Short, Drama

A young man is seen entering a cemetery, and in sorrow placing some flowers on the grave of his lately deceased wife. While thus engaged, his attention is attracted to a beautiful young woman who kneels, weeping piteously, over a nearby ...See moreA young man is seen entering a cemetery, and in sorrow placing some flowers on the grave of his lately deceased wife. While thus engaged, his attention is attracted to a beautiful young woman who kneels, weeping piteously, over a nearby tomb. These two sorrow-stricken people, both craving for sympathy, soon strike up an acquaintance and before very long it looks as if an interesting romance would be the outcome. The next scene shows the young widower on his return home, where everything reminds him of his dead wife. We see him as he takes the portrait of the latter from the wall and places it on the bed, decorating it meantime with fresh flowers. A view of the interior of the widow's apartment is also given, and a truly sombre picture she presents as she reverently lights the candles in front of her husband's portrait while gazing, with tear-dimmed eyes, on the well-loved features of her lost one. The following day the two mourners meet again at the cemetery gate and the widower presents his acquaintance of yesterday with a beautiful bouquet of flowers, which, by the way, was intended for his wife's grave. It is quite evident now that notwithstanding their short acquaintance, these two are deeply in love, and we are not surprised therefore, to see the man down on his knees proposing when the couple returns to the widow's apartment. The next picture, which is after the marriage, shows the pair living like turtle doves, but from a sense of duty they keep the portraits of their former mates hanging on the wall; the latter, therefore, witness many interesting love scenes between the newly married pair. Soon, however, these dumb spectators are too much for the happy couple, who decide, rather than remove the pictures, to drape them over with black. This accomplished, they go back to their billing and cooing with easier consciences. The time comes, however, when the dear departed are forgotten and the pictures become an eyesore, so are sent up to the attic to be added to a lot of ether articles, once so highly valued, but which have unfortunately outlived their usefulness. A landscape now tills the place on the wall where the portraits used to hang, and the couple, happy in each ether's love, have quite forgotten their early sorrows. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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