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1912 Alec B. Francis Barbara Tennant William R. Dunn Étienne Arnaud
Original Title :
Chamber of Forgetfulness
Genre :
Movie / Drama / Short
Year :
1912
Directror :
Étienne Arnaud
Cast :
Alec B. Francis,Barbara Tennant,William R. Dunn
Type :
Movie
Time :
10min
Rating :
4.4/10

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The powerful story of a wife's innocent mistake and its bitter punishment, the rancor of a jealous, misguided husband and the ultimate righting of a great wrong to his son. It will bring ... See full summary

Chamber of Forgetfulness (1912) Online

The powerful story of a wife's innocent mistake and its bitter punishment, the rancor of a jealous, misguided husband and the ultimate righting of a great wrong to his son. It will bring tears and teach a beautiful lesson to every beholder.
Cast overview:
Alec B. Francis Alec B. Francis - The Husband
Barbara Tennant Barbara Tennant - The Wife
William R. Dunn William R. Dunn - The Young Man from the West


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Cerekelv

Cerekelv

Mr. Francis plays in this picture the role of a very jealous husband. A player who seems to be new in Eclair pictures (Barbara Tennant) fills the role opposite to him in the early scenes, and is not only very personable herself, but a good player. The picture is well acted by every member of the cast and well conducted. The sets and scenes are good, some of them beautiful. The husband's insane jealousy really caused the wife's death. After this he wouldn't have their child near him. His wife's room remained untouched; it was the chamber of forgetfulness. One day he saw her ghost (extremely well done) in this room. It made him read her papers and then (it was years later) he discovered what a fool he had been. Her happy ghost now appears to him. It is a very interesting picture. - The Moving Picture World, June 1, 1912
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A husband, thinking his wife is unfaithful to her, has a confrontational scene with her, which causes her to have a heart attack and die. He sends his son away until, after a dozen years, he discovers she was true; whereupon he summons his son and, after a bit, they reconcile at her grave.

This American Solax film is, for modern tastes, rather heavy-handed in its emotional content and rather stagily acted; far too much so for even the standards of the time, which had already departed to a much more naturalistic style of pantomime. The staging and set decorations are excellent -- although a careful observer will notice that it is a stage set and the bricks behind the broken plaster in one scene are painted. Interesting purely as a typical film of the time.