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  • Four Lives (1911)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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Four Lives (1911)
Short | Short, Drama
Nelson, the gayest man in the party, arises and announces that someone is waiting for him. A vision of a happy home appears. Nelson comes in happy and is greeted affectionately by his wife. His baby is cooing in its crib and he kisses it. ...See moreNelson, the gayest man in the party, arises and announces that someone is waiting for him. A vision of a happy home appears. Nelson comes in happy and is greeted affectionately by his wife. His baby is cooing in its crib and he kisses it. An ideal home and this vision disappears. Howard, another man of the party, with lines of care on his face, is affected. He begins his story with, "Well, old chaps, I once had a happy home, but..." A vision of a scene in his past life is unfolded. He returns home to his luxurious apartments, plainly intoxicated. He drinks and is implored by his wife to quit. He angrily resents her interference and ends a brutal scene by hurling the woman to the floor. The vision fades away. Maxwell is urged to tell his story, and he begins by saying, "I went on a journey once and when I returned..." His is the story of a faithless wife and her lover being surprised in the home of Maxwell in a compromising position. Maxwell punishes the man, and drives his wife out of his home, then sinks on a divan, broken-hearted, as the vision passes. Baldwin is the last to tell his story at the request of his companions, sorrowfully saying, "Death robbed me of the only woman I ever loved..." The vision appears and he is seen at the bedside of a beautiful young woman, who dies, a pathetic scene. As the vision fades his companions silently leave and Baldwin's aged mother enters the room as he sits in meditation, saying, "Son, it's time to retire." She leads him away as the lights are extinguished. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Carl Laemmle
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Updated May 8, 1911
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May 8, 1911 (United States)

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