Volume II: Filmography

THROUGH EDITH'S LOOKING GLASS

June 13, 1915 (Sunday)

Length: 1 reel (652 feet this section); (split with Bud Blossom at the end)

Character: Drama

Cast: Lorraine Huling (Edith Davis), Carey L. Hastings (her mother), Morgan Jones (her father), Leland Benham (Dick, her brother), Ida Burt (Conscience, as an old woman), Marion Fairbanks (Conscience, as a little girl)

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, May 29, 1915:

"Edith Davis is elated to receive an invitation to a ball. She tells her mother that she must have a new gown for the affair. Mrs. Davis tries to persuade Edith that one of the dresses she has will do, and finally tells her that she must take up the matter with her father. Peevish and impatient at this, the young girl is unkind to Dick, her brother. Later, she wheedles her father into promising her the new dress. Going to her room, triumphant, she gazes at herself in the mirror. Suddenly she sees over her shoulder a little old woman. The stranger explains that she is Conscience and that she is troubled and unhappy. Then, in the glass, Edith sees the girl she really is - not at all beautiful, for her face is spoiled by selfishness. One scene after another passes - showing the many acts of self-sacrifice made for her by her father and mother, and her unfeeling acceptance of everything Edith's behavior that evening is radically changed. She sends her mother out of the kitchen and gets the supper herself. She makes up her quarrel with Dick. She tells her father that her old pink dress is quite good enough for the ball. That night, when she goes to her room, in place of the wrinkled old woman, a fair little girl appears in the mirror. She also is called Conscience - only Edith has made her happy now and untroubled. And then, in the glass, the young girl sees her own face, smiling and beautiful."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, June 19, 1915:

"A half-reel in which Lorraine Huling appears as a selfish young girl. She sees her true character in the looking glass and this brings about a decided change in her nature. A nice little idea in this."

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