A Severe Test

19131913
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17m

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5.4/10

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Short Comedy

Daisy Jones had been married just a year when her husband failed to kiss her one morning, and she decided that he did not love her any more. She wrote a note to her friend, Ella, telling her... Read allDaisy Jones had been married just a year when her husband failed to kiss her one morning, and she decided that he did not love her any more. She wrote a note to her friend, Ella, telling her that she was going to leave her husband a note telling him that she had jumped in the lak... Read allDaisy Jones had been married just a year when her husband failed to kiss her one morning, and she decided that he did not love her any more. She wrote a note to her friend, Ella, telling her that she was going to leave her husband a note telling him that she had jumped in the lake. She would leave some of her clothes on the pier to make it look more plausible, and she... Read all

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5.4/10

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1,101,903

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Director
- Alice Guy
Stars
- Marian Swayne
- Vinnie Burns

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4/10

A Domestic Comedy

After a year of marriage, Vinnie Burns neglects to kiss Marian Swayne goodbye one morning. Worried he no longer loves her, Marian decides to send a suicide note to him. Matters soon get out of hand in this ridiculous but not very funny comedy of manners.

Director Alice Guy was arguably the first motion picture director, but after almost two decades of work, her technique was getting extremely old-fashioned. Although the situation seems like a good idea for a comedy -- indeed, Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew would do a least one very funny film with a similar plot -- Madame Guy directs her actors in a straightforward manner that does not offer many laughs. Indeed, the presence of an actor in blackface may render the entire matter unpalatable to a modern viewer otherwise disposed to enjoy this work.

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