London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shop-girl who is out to have him. Told in flashback.London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shop-girl who is out to have him. Told in flashback.London barrister's marriage is under strain after his affair with a shop-girl who is out to have him. Told in flashback.
Rafael Alcayde
- Mario
- (uncredited)
Erville Alderson
- Jason, Jim's Secretary
- (uncredited)
Ted Billings
- Laughing Man in Movie House
- (uncredited)
Charles Chaplin
- Self (in film clip from "A Dog's Life")
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Elspeth Dudgeon
- Mrs. Weeks
- (uncredited)
Blanche Friderici
- Concerned Mother in Courtroom
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaWhen Jim and John are in the restaurant, John tells Doris and Molly that Jim was trying to enjoy his "grass widowerhood". A grass widower (or widow) is a man (or woman) whose spouse is away.
- Quotes
Jim Warlock: Yes, but surely, if you're fond of someone, you want to be kind. At least one owes a little consideration.
John Tring: Consideration? When you're telling a woman you don't want her? It's like brushing a man's hair the morning you hang him.
- ConnectionsFeatures A Dog's Life (1918)
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Meaningful monotone monogamous melodrama
And I've always been faithful to this film in my fashion. Rather ignored and almost completely forgotten, with such a simple but eternal storyline it remains an excellent watch. The acting and production is slightly stilted as with early talkies, but it's the other-world moralities displayed by both departments most people would find difficult to assimilate.
The Fatal Attraction type plot has already been well outlined, this is one where the main characters definitely don't end smelling of roses. Henry Stephenson must have played kindly old gentlemen in dozens of films, here he's a kindly old cynical sleazebag - quite jarring it is! Also Colman for hoping to be impervious to female wiles, and Francis as his wife for childishly encouraging temptation - but she does get to say Divine! Halliwell Hobbes also froths too nastily as an outraged coroner.
If you've got the patience it's an absorbing melodrama, one I've seen maybe a dozen times over the years now with no loss of enjoyment, and with a salutary lesson for both sexes that's well worth learning but won't be.
The Fatal Attraction type plot has already been well outlined, this is one where the main characters definitely don't end smelling of roses. Henry Stephenson must have played kindly old gentlemen in dozens of films, here he's a kindly old cynical sleazebag - quite jarring it is! Also Colman for hoping to be impervious to female wiles, and Francis as his wife for childishly encouraging temptation - but she does get to say Divine! Halliwell Hobbes also froths too nastily as an outraged coroner.
If you've got the patience it's an absorbing melodrama, one I've seen maybe a dozen times over the years now with no loss of enjoyment, and with a salutary lesson for both sexes that's well worth learning but won't be.
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- Spondonman
- Dec 3, 2006
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- Runtime1 hour 15 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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