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  • A Moment of Madness (1914)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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A Moment of Madness (1914)
Short | Short, Drama
When Inez arrived in New York to pay a long-deferred visit to her old schoolmate, the two girls indulged in a fund of reminiscences but each discovered that a subtle change had taken place in the other's mental attitude since graduation ...See moreWhen Inez arrived in New York to pay a long-deferred visit to her old schoolmate, the two girls indulged in a fund of reminiscences but each discovered that a subtle change had taken place in the other's mental attitude since graduation day, and a certain feeling of restraint gradually came over them for which it was difficult to account. This feeling was added to when Rita met Jack Aldridge, whose personality so captivated her imagination that she soon lost sight of the loyalty due her friend. Aldridge was madly in love with Rita and took no pains to conceal it and this fact made Inez all the more determined to capture him for herself. She employed every means in her power to attract his attentions, but to her chagrin, her wiles seemed to have no effect upon the young man. Matters were at this stage when they all started for a cruise in the Willis' yacht. Then again Inez tried to capture Jack's attention but failing in this, her jealousy served to blind her to everything except the object of her infatuation and she decided upon desperate methods. Feigning illness, she slipped down into the cabin, her mind hardly made up to any distinct plan. Catching sight of a knife on the buffet she hid it in the folds of her dress and returned to the deck where she perceived Rita and Jack standing together on the rail. Walking up to where they stood, Inez climbed upon the rail and, prompted by her blind fit of jealousy, she reached up and cut the rope to which Rita was holding. With a scream Rita fell into the water and as Jack sprang after her, he accidentally brushed against Inez, and she, likewise fell screaming into the sea. The tide was strong and Jack had a struggle in saving his sweetheart, a sailor dived after Inez but before he could reach her, she was drowned and it was only a lifeless body which he brought back to the yacht. The knife and the freshly-cut rope showed only too plainly how the whole thing had occurred, and pity more than scorn filled the hearts of all present for the poor misguided girl who had wrecked her life in a moment of madness. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Langdon West
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Updated Nov 17, 1914
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Nov 17, 1914 (United States)

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