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In Life's Cycle (S)

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Original title

In Life's Cycle

Year

1910

Running time

17 min.

Country

United States

Director

D.W. Griffith

Screenwriter

Charles Simone

Cast

Cinematography

G.W. Bitzer (B&W)

Producer

Biograph Company

Genre

Drama | Short Film. Silent Film. Origins of Film. Melodrama

Synopsis

James Mullen, living in retirement at his country villa since the death of his wife, finds consolation in the love of his two children. Clara and Vincent, aged ten and twelve years respectively. It has been their custom to visit their mother's grave and place a wreath of flowers upon it. Seven years later, the children now grown, Vincent leaves for the seminary to study for the priesthood, while Clara undertakes to console their father, promising not to forget their mother's grave. Vincent, now a seminarian, writes to his sister of how happy he is in the call of the church. Clara, while returning from the post office, whither she had gone in quest of a letter from Vincent, meets a handsome young man from the city. This stranger immediately lays siege to her heart, which feeling is more than reciprocated by Clara. She yields to the temptation to meet him clandestinely and during these meetings the stranger tries to persuade her to elope with him. At last she consents, and leaving a...

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In Life's Cycle (S)

1910

D.W. Griffith