The Moment Before
The film begins by presenting the elderly and elegant Duke and Duchess of Maldon, engaged in charitable acts in a Dickensian village. The following day, the duke falls off his horse and is mortally injured. Mourning the loss of her great love, the duchess collapses in church, and in the “moment before death” she reviews her own life. “It was in her youth that she had fractured practically all the Biblical commandments,” says the intertitle. In fact, when she was young, Madge the duchess was a seductive gypsy, engaged to the fiery gypsy John, but fascinated by Harold, the idle aristocratic son of the Maldons, who was prone to the family vice of excessive drinking. In love with the gypsy, Harold brings her home as a servant, scandalizing his older brother. A fight between the brothers and John’s jealousy lead to a fatal accident that forces both Harold and the gypsy couple to flee to Australia.
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Cast
9 personen
Pauline Frederick
Madge, the Duchess of Maldon
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Thomas Holding
Harold, the Duke of Maldon
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The Dream Lady
Robert G. Vignola
Hugh Ford
Frank Losee
the elder Duke of Maldon
Bekend van
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Israel Zangwill
Jack W. Johnston
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Eddie Sturgis
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Henry Hallam
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Robert G. Vignola Regie · Hugh Ford Scenario Israel Zangwill Auteur
Release (Verenigde Staten) 27 april 1916 · Gemaakt in Verenigde Staten · Productie Famous Players Film Company
Productie
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Productie
Famous Players Film Company
Productie
Verenigde Staten
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Talen
Oorspronkelijke taal
Engels
Gesproken
Italiaans
Releasedatums
Verenigde Staten · 27 april 1916
Bioscoop
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