A Timely Repentance
A lost film. John Crawford, an honest mechanic, and Wilbur Robinson, a young man of leisure, both love the same girl. She marries Crawford and they have a baby. Crawford is engaged in perfecting an invention and money is short leaving the wife dissatisfied. Robinson notes this fact and lures her away. She goes with him deserting the baby, leaving a note for her husband. While awaiting the train to leave the city they visit a picture house. The story thrown on the screen is identical to their own experience. Unable to witness the closing scenes and filled with remorse, Mrs. Crawford begs to leave and hurries home, hoping she may get there before her husband returns.
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Cast
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Mary Pickford
Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'
Known for
The Lonely Villa
Edward LeSaint
John Crawford - the Poor Husband
Known for
Modern Times
William E. Shay
Wilbur Robinson - the Wife's New Lover
Also in
His Hour of Triumph
A Daughter of the Gods
Lucille Young
Mrs. John Crawford - the Poor Man's Wife
Also in
The False Road
Mutiny
J. Farrell MacDonald
Louis Nordell
Known for
Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
My Darling Clementine
Hayward Mack
Ronald Seymour (as H.S. Mack)
Also in
A Great Love
The New Fire Chief
William H. Clifford Director · Edward J. Montagne Writer
United States release March 11, 1912 · Produced in United States
Production
Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America (IMP)
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Release dates
United States · March 11, 1912
Theatrical
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