What is the Use of Repining?
(1913) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel
Directed by Dell Henderson
Cast: Kate Toncray [the widow], Grace Lewis [the widow’s daughter], Edward Dillon [the widow’s daughter’s sweetheart], William A. Carroll [the widow’s suitor], Clarence L. Barr [the minister]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / From a screen story by Dell Henderson. / Released 30 January 1913; in a split-reel with The Masher Cop (1913). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Comedy.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? The widowed mother of a young daughter has never stopped mourning her dear departed husband’s loss, although he has been dead for a long time. She even insists that her daughter should join in the same feeling. The girl and her sweetheart feel that their chances of happiness are slim when the young man develops a plan to change the widow’s life.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 4 October 2023.
References: Spehr-American p. 4 : Website-IMDb.
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