Husband and Wife

50min

Drama

When Doris Baker spends her husband Dick into serious debt, he embezzles funds from the bank where he works to cover some speculative investments. He is joined in these plans by one of the bank's directors, but when Doris unknowingly snubs the director's wife, he pulls out his aid. Dick finds himself in serious trouble, and then Doris leaves him after an argument. She is about to leave for the Orient with her daughter Bessie, a friend, Mrs. Prescott, and an admirer, Patrick Alliston, but they are stopped at the station because Dick is believed to be with them. He isn't, and his difficulties drive him to an aborted suicide attempt. Doris finally wakes up to what is going on and reconciles with Dick. The bank examiner looks over the books and helps Dick get back on his feet, much to the director's chagrin.

Cast

Ethel Clayton

Ethel Clayton

Doris Baker
Holbrook Blinn

Holbrook Blinn

Richard Baker
Montagu Love

Montagu Love

Patrick Alliston
Alec B. Francis

Alec B. Francis

James Watson
Emmett Corrigan

Emmett Corrigan

Ralph Knight
Gerda Holmes

Gerda Holmes

Mrs. Prescott

Release date

28th Aug 1916

Status

Released

Spoken languages

No Language