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  • The Bond of Love (I) (1914)
  • Short | 10 min | Short, Drama
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The Bond of Love (I) (1914)
Short | 10 min | Short, Drama
Broker Trask and his wife, having accumulated a competence, experience a diverging desire, the one wishing for rest at home and the other longing for social conquest. The husband expresses himself petulantly: "Our evenings have reached a ...See moreBroker Trask and his wife, having accumulated a competence, experience a diverging desire, the one wishing for rest at home and the other longing for social conquest. The husband expresses himself petulantly: "Our evenings have reached a point where they bore me," and his wife agrees with him. Trask has visions of his club, she of bridge and her frivolous companions in finery of fashion. The eventuality is that Trask takes up quarters in the club, where he meditates with libations upon the emptiness of his own life. His wife, soon resenting his attitude, through the advice of her society friend, seeks an attorney with a view of separation. "On what ground?" queries the limb of the law. This stumps her. Trask, in turn, goes to his lawyer for advice and in response to the same question, explains, "We have simply drifted apart, mutually grown tired of each other's company. She has social aspirations; I detest them." The lawyer pondering on his response, dreams of his own happy home and the two little ones that toddle out to meet him morn and night. He seizes upon a device never dreamed of by Blackstone. He makes suggestion that is eagerly seized by his lady client. At an orphanage, arrangements are made and that night the lonely wife of the broker finds a little baby on her doorstep; so she immediately writes her attorney: "I am so happy. If Jim would come home my cup would be filled, but I won't ask him." The scene advances by a single leap, five years, showing Trask and his wife a reunited and happy couple with something to live for, and every evening is interesting without artificialities. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Writer
E. Lynn Summers (story)
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William Nicholas Selig
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Updated Apr 3, 1914
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Apr 3, 1914 (United States)

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