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  • Through the Darkness (1910)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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Through the Darkness (1910)
Short | Short, Drama
Leaving his wife and family well and happy, the leading actor in a well-known theatrical company goes to the theater for his evening performance and carries the house by storm. Elated with his success, and filled with pride and good spirit...See moreLeaving his wife and family well and happy, the leading actor in a well-known theatrical company goes to the theater for his evening performance and carries the house by storm. Elated with his success, and filled with pride and good spirit, he returns to his home to find his little girl very sick with a burning fever which augurs something worse, He is worried and anxious. The crisis must be passed before the doctor can decide the little one's cure give any encouragement as to the outcome. The actor, a man of artistic temperament, tender emotions, and intense love, feels the strain of suspense very keenly. The next night he must go to the theater again. While he is playing his part with apparently the same rest and vigor as usual, his whole being is racked with thoughts of his child. The apprehension is too great and while he is in the midst of his performance he suddenly goes insane. The curtain is rung down and he is taken to a sanitarium. His little girl passes safely through the crisis of her sickness and finally is restored to health. The actor's wife is in deep despair. Trouble seems to darken her whole life, but with faithful solicitude she visits the hospital regularly to watch the condition of her husband, who grows worse instead of better. While on one of those visits she thinks that a visit from his child might help his recovery. The doctor agrees with her, and the child calls at the hospital with her mother. The actor is brought into the reception room and, while he is sitting staring, his child gradually approaches her father while she is singing a little song which she and the father have often sung together. He listens, and then unconsciously hums the air until, little by little, reason dawns in his expression while he looks toward the little singer in whom he recognizes his own child. He takes her in his arms as if convincing himself that he has not been dreaming. Then he clasps her to his bosom. Looking up, he sees and recognizes his wife, around whom he places his arm and embraces her, and thus, his mind recovered, the actor is himself again. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Apr 26, 1910 (United States)

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