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The Impalement (1910)
Short | 16 min | Short, Drama

The Impalement (1910)

Short | 16 min | Short, Drama

Walter Avery is blessed with a most dutiful and loving wife whose every endeavor and thought is to make him happy, but being a man of the world he finds domestic life dull and his wife's attentions boring, and he eagerly accepts ...See moreWalter Avery is blessed with a most dutiful and loving wife whose every endeavor and thought is to make him happy, but being a man of the world he finds domestic life dull and his wife's attentions boring, and he eagerly accepts invitations to the different social functions. Accompanied by his wife, he attends a social gathering and meets a young dancing girl, society's favorite entertainer. He is immediately obsessed and infatuated, and his feelings are clearly reciprocated. Mrs. Avery's suspicions are aroused and she accuses him of undue attentions toward the dancer. He, of course, denies her accusations and cajoles her into believing that his thoughts are always only for her. But the time comes when she sees positive proof of his perfidy in a letter to him from the dancer, inviting him to attend a dinner at her home given in his honor, hoping he will not fail to grace the occasion. When he is about to leave for the dancer's home, Mrs. Avery picks up a bottle of poison, threatening to take her life if he goes. Regarding this threat merely a jealous woman's trick to keep him home, he derides it and pours the bottle's contents into a goblet, remarks that taking it that way would be more convenient, and off he goes. When he is gone, the situation's true aspect dawns on her. She realizes for the first time what a despicable wretch he is--not worth the effort to save him--so she dashes the glass with its contents to the floor. However, the strain of the ordeal proves too much for her and she falls to the floor in a swoon. Meanwhile, Avery reaches the dancer's home and his entrance is toasted. By strange coincidence, the glass handed to him is identical to the one he handed his wife and at once becomes conscience-stricken that his wife might have carried out her threat. Rushing back to his home he finds his wife in a swoon and thinks she is dead--and he caused it. Instantly he becomes a veritable maniac and dashes madly out of the house and back into the dancer's home like a fiend. The guests are thrown into a panic as he shrieks, "I killed my wife. I killed my wife!" and falls across the table dead, struck down by the relentless avenger of injured virtue. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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19 cast members

Name	Known for
Frank Powell Mr. Avery Mr. Avery See fewer	Mrs. Balfame (1917)
Florence Barker Vergie Vergie See fewer	Choosing a Husband (1909)
Alfred Paget The Butler The Butler See fewer	Intolerance (1916)
Kate Bruce The Maid The Maid See fewer	Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916)
Francis J. Grandon The Doctor The Doctor See fewer	The Lure of Heart's Desire (1916)
Verner Clarges At Second Party At Second Party See fewer	A Yorkshire School (1910)
Charles Craig At First Party At First Party See fewer	The Last Door (1921)
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Frank Evans A Servant A Servant See fewer	His Wife's Sweethearts (1910)
Guy Hedlund At Second Party At Second Party See fewer	Hungry Happy's Dream (1916)
Dell Henderson At First Party / At Second Party At First Party / At Second Party See fewer	Show People (1928)
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Grace Lewis Actress Actress See fewer	Cinderella and the Boob (1913)
Stephanie Longfellow Actress Actress See fewer	The Better Way (1909)
Jeanie Macpherson Actress Actress See fewer	The Merchant of Venice (1914)
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