Lois Weber has a child with Phillip Smalley, but when a rich city man asks her, she gives up the day-to-day drudgery and runs away with him. In the end, everyone must pay for her failure in this short film from Rex.
After he left -- or was pushed out of -- Edison's movie division, Edwin S. Porter formed a new company, Rex, to produce his pictures. His association with the company did not last long, but he did bring in Weber and Smalley, who produced pictures that told their stories of women's issues innovatively and well.
As does does this one. Weber's abandonment of husband and child is not handled as a heartless woman who must pay for her melodramatic sins. She is clearly overwhelmed by work and responsibility and everyone suffers as a result. It may seem a tiny distinction, but for the era, it was huge.
After he left -- or was pushed out of -- Edison's movie division, Edwin S. Porter formed a new company, Rex, to produce his pictures. His association with the company did not last long, but he did bring in Weber and Smalley, who produced pictures that told their stories of women's issues innovatively and well.
As does does this one. Weber's abandonment of husband and child is not handled as a heartless woman who must pay for her melodramatic sins. She is clearly overwhelmed by work and responsibility and everyone suffers as a result. It may seem a tiny distinction, but for the era, it was huge.