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Ashes of Inspiration (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

Ashes of Inspiration (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Promising young artist Adrian West is working on his great picture for the salon. His selfish, unsympathetic wife almost ruins him with her extravagance, almost estranges him from his child, and carries on a clandestine affair with an ...See morePromising young artist Adrian West is working on his great picture for the salon. His selfish, unsympathetic wife almost ruins him with her extravagance, almost estranges him from his child, and carries on a clandestine affair with an admirer. The art committee rejects West's picture for its lack of inspiration, and his wife upbraids him because she has "thrown her life away on a failure." This is more than he can stand, and he tells her the truth about herself. His uncle offers him a trip abroad if he will go alone, and he accepts. In a fishing village on the Breton coast he boards under the roof of one Le Morne and his pretty daughter Yvonne. Pierre, a young fisherman, loves Yvonne and becomes jealous of her intimacy with West, who has decided to use her as the subject of hi next picture. Without definite proof, however, Pierre refrains from challenging Yvonne's interest in the artist. One day West accompanies Pierre on a fishing trip. A storm arises and the fishermen are given up for lost by those on shore. But the next morning Yvonne sees West, Pierre, and their comrade return from the sea. Her glad greeting of the artist confirms Pierre in the belief that he can never hope to win her love. A few days later, aroused to ungovernable passion by the sight of Yvonne and West together on the sands, he draws a pistol. Le Morne attempts to disarm him and is shot. Pierre, aghast at the deed, makes his escape, but is found drowned next day. Inspired by his love for the girl, West paints a masterpiece. Then out of his past life a hand reaches to draw him back, the hand of his child, who writes a piteous note telling of her loneliness without "dear daddy." Yvonne bids him go to his lonely child. His picture wins the grand prize, and his wife decides to remain with him. West accepts the situation for his child's sake, but realizes that he can never be happy without Yvonne. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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Name	Known for
José Ruben Adrian West - the Artist Adrian West - the Artist See fewer	The Man from Home (1922)
Claire McDowell Mrs. Adrian West Mrs. Adrian West See fewer	Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
Ilean Hume Yvonne Yvonne See fewer	The Turmoil (1916)
Franklin Ritchie Pierre Pierre See fewer	The Hungarian Nabob (1915)
Kenneth Davenport Actor Actor See fewer	The Nut (I) (1921)
Charles Hill Mailes Actor Actor See fewer	The Mark of Zorro (1920)
G. Raymond Nye Actor Actor See fewer	Nine and Three-Fifths Seconds (1925)