Volume II: Filmography

JEALOUSY

Working title: A CURE FOR JEALOUSY

March 26, 1915 (Friday)

Length: 1 reel (992 feet)

Character: Drama

Director: Carroll Fleming

Cast: Arthur Ashley (Arthur Compton), Peggy Burke (Ruth, his wife), A. Young (George, a rival), Sid White (John)

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, March 13, 1915:

"Arthur Compton is apt to drink too much sometimes, but Ruth, his young wife, is forbearing with him, hoping that gradually he may overcome the habit. One evening he goes to the club, where, under the influence of a glass too many, he expatiates to John, his friend, about George, his rival before his marriage, and how he won the girl who now is his wife. Returning home, he drops into a chair in the library and dozes off. In a dream it seems to him that he has found George and his wife in the house together. The husband and the lover quarrel. Compton kills his rival. He is arrested and is on the point of leaving his wife and his home forever, when he wakes up. The dream makes him realize what actually might happen if he continues to let his bad habit get the better of him. He promises Ruth that he will let the drink alone."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, March 27, 1915:

"A 'triangle' story in which the young husband dreams of a clash between himself and a former rival for his wife's hand. There is nothing very exceptional in this; it merely depicts the evils of jealousy, and the observer is glad to find it all a dream."

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