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Dominican Rep. The Necklace (S)
- Original title
- The Necklace
- Year
- 1909
- Running time
- 11 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Frank E. Woods. Novel: Guy de Maupassant
- Cast
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- Cinematography
G.W. Bitzer, Arthur Marvin (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Short Film. Silent Film. Origins of Film
- Movie Groups
- Guy de Maupassant Adaptations
- Synopsis
- Miss Louise Leroque was one of those charming young ladies, born, as if through an error of destiny, into a family of clerks, and after she married John Kendrick, she suffered an incessant yearning for all those delicacies and luxuries she felt were her due. John was a bighearted, indulgent husband whose every thought was for his wife's happiness, and while Louise was a devoted wife, still there was the strain of selfishness ever apparent, for she who studies her glass neglects her heart. She yearned for ostentation, and poor John was in no position to appease this desire. However, an occasion presents itself when they can at least bask in the radiance of the social limelight, in an invitation to attend a reception tendered a foreign prince. John is in the height of elation, hut Louise meets him with that time-honored remark, "I've nothing to wear." Well, he feels the strength of her argument, so goes and pawns his watch and chain to procure her a gown fitting for the occasion. The...
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