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The WKeels of Fate = The Dramatic Story ol a Wreck at Sea which Righted Two Wrongs = P^ FIRST REEL. [p)HILLIP WYNN is a rising young author, whose achievements are a source of astonishment and gratification to his friends, but the source of strength and love that should emanate from the home, constantly chills and repels him in the person of a careless, flighty and unappreciative wife. She seems bent upon pleasure for herself and while the plaudits of her gifted husband rings in choice circles, she is frittering her time away at card parties and studying bridge whist. He comes to her with enthusiasm over his new triumphs; she tosses his new book aside and goes on with her primping with a bored air. He retreats to the solitude of his study, and trying to make joy out of bitterness, begins a new work, "The Inspiration Girl." His wife comes in, makes a "touch" for bridge bets, and he attempts to read a part of his new manuscript, but she is too busy to hear it and rushes away to keep her social card list filled. Cards are not the only weakness of this frivolous woman, for she has a persistent lover, Lawler, who is lawlessly trying to induce her to elope. Repulsed and discouraged by her attitude and her cynicism, the poor husband retreats to a secluded cottage in the woods. In his tours thereabout for inspiration, he meets with a young girl whose ideals have a kinship with his own and he immediately nominates her as "The Inspiration Girl." Lawler who is going fishing with a friend, has become so thoroughly saturated with "snake medicine" that he is in a very surly and savage mood. The friend deserts him and goes on to Wynn's cottage, boldly entering the house and helping himself to a drink, as the master is else- MR. PHILLIP WYNN ( Thomas Carrigan MR. BROWNE MRS. BROWNE Wm. Walcott Rose Evans where at the time. Lawler follows him, and keeps up the quarrel he has begun. In a fit of passion, he picks up a revolver he finds handy and kills his friend. The shock of this sobers him in a degree and sharpens his powers of natural deviltry. He concludes to fasten the crime upon the owner of the cottage, who happens to be the husband of the woman with whom he is enamored. Wynn returns to the cottage and Lawler who has found the game warden, takes that functionary back to the cottage, telling him that Wynn has committed a murder. They find him in a compromising situation and Lawler declares that Wynn murdered his friend in cold blood. SECOND REEL. Having placed Wynn behind the bars, Lawler calls upon his wife and gives her a minute description of how her husband killed Bradly. He had already persuaded her to begin a suit for divorce so the charge of murder and her own bill is filed and appears in the same issue of the papers. Nell Browne, "The Inspiration Girl" is deeply grieved over the terrible predicament of her friend, calls at the prison, and does everything in her power to relieve and sustain him, asserting her own belief in his innocence and her willingness to do everything in her power to bring justice in his behalf. In contrast to her, is Wynn's fickle wife, who does not now even annoy him by her presence. Largely on the evidence of Lawler, the author is condemned to death in the electric chair. Having accomplished this much Lawler perfects his work by setting sail with the now divorced wife, to Europe. "The Inspiration Girl" is the sole solace of the condemned man.— In mid-ocean, the ship on which the guilty pair are voyaging strikes a leak and founders. As she is about to disappear the conscience-stricken Lawler tells the captain as a last act of humanity that he must confess, so the wireless while calling for aid flings out his tale to the world. It reaches the ears of the prison authorities and the Governor commutes his sentence just in time. A f- X
Object Description
Title | Press sheet for THE WHEELS OF FATE, 1913 |
Film Title |
WHEELS OF FATE (Motion picture : 1913) |
Format | flier (printed matter) |
Catalog Record | http://catalog.oscars.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=65288 |
Publisher | Chicago : Selig Polyscope Co. |
Date | 1913 |
Source | William Selig papers |
Repository | Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences |
Language | English |
Rights | Public domain material. |
Description
Title | Press sheet for THE WHEELS OF FATE, 1913 |
Description | Page 1. |
Format | flier (printed matter) |
Catalog Record | http://catalog.oscars.org/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=65288 |
Date | 1913 |
Full text | The WKeels of Fate = The Dramatic Story ol a Wreck at Sea which Righted Two Wrongs = P^ FIRST REEL. [p)HILLIP WYNN is a rising young author, whose achievements are a source of astonishment and gratification to his friends, but the source of strength and love that should emanate from the home, constantly chills and repels him in the person of a careless, flighty and unappreciative wife. She seems bent upon pleasure for herself and while the plaudits of her gifted husband rings in choice circles, she is frittering her time away at card parties and studying bridge whist. He comes to her with enthusiasm over his new triumphs; she tosses his new book aside and goes on with her primping with a bored air. He retreats to the solitude of his study, and trying to make joy out of bitterness, begins a new work, "The Inspiration Girl." His wife comes in, makes a "touch" for bridge bets, and he attempts to read a part of his new manuscript, but she is too busy to hear it and rushes away to keep her social card list filled. Cards are not the only weakness of this frivolous woman, for she has a persistent lover, Lawler, who is lawlessly trying to induce her to elope. Repulsed and discouraged by her attitude and her cynicism, the poor husband retreats to a secluded cottage in the woods. In his tours thereabout for inspiration, he meets with a young girl whose ideals have a kinship with his own and he immediately nominates her as "The Inspiration Girl." Lawler who is going fishing with a friend, has become so thoroughly saturated with "snake medicine" that he is in a very surly and savage mood. The friend deserts him and goes on to Wynn's cottage, boldly entering the house and helping himself to a drink, as the master is else- MR. PHILLIP WYNN ( Thomas Carrigan MR. BROWNE MRS. BROWNE Wm. Walcott Rose Evans where at the time. Lawler follows him, and keeps up the quarrel he has begun. In a fit of passion, he picks up a revolver he finds handy and kills his friend. The shock of this sobers him in a degree and sharpens his powers of natural deviltry. He concludes to fasten the crime upon the owner of the cottage, who happens to be the husband of the woman with whom he is enamored. Wynn returns to the cottage and Lawler who has found the game warden, takes that functionary back to the cottage, telling him that Wynn has committed a murder. They find him in a compromising situation and Lawler declares that Wynn murdered his friend in cold blood. SECOND REEL. Having placed Wynn behind the bars, Lawler calls upon his wife and gives her a minute description of how her husband killed Bradly. He had already persuaded her to begin a suit for divorce so the charge of murder and her own bill is filed and appears in the same issue of the papers. Nell Browne, "The Inspiration Girl" is deeply grieved over the terrible predicament of her friend, calls at the prison, and does everything in her power to relieve and sustain him, asserting her own belief in his innocence and her willingness to do everything in her power to bring justice in his behalf. In contrast to her, is Wynn's fickle wife, who does not now even annoy him by her presence. Largely on the evidence of Lawler, the author is condemned to death in the electric chair. Having accomplished this much Lawler perfects his work by setting sail with the now divorced wife, to Europe. "The Inspiration Girl" is the sole solace of the condemned man.— In mid-ocean, the ship on which the guilty pair are voyaging strikes a leak and founders. As she is about to disappear the conscience-stricken Lawler tells the captain as a last act of humanity that he must confess, so the wireless while calling for aid flings out his tale to the world. It reaches the ears of the prison authorities and the Governor commutes his sentence just in time. A f- X |