Divorced (1915)
Drama | 25 October 1915
Director:
Edward WarrenWriter:
Edwin ArcherProducer:
Joseph A. GoldenProduction Company:
Triumph Film Corp.Scenes in this film were "all laid in and near New York, the interior of a Forty-second Street restaurant furnishing one elaborate setting," according to the 30 October 1915 Motion Picture News. The 9 October 1915 Moving Picture World also reported that the wedding of "Leonore Fenwick" and "Ralph Manson" was filmed in a Presbyterian church in the Bronx; "The Edison Electric Light and Power Company received the lighting contract, for in spite of the broad window expanse and the bright sunlight flooding the church, there was need of a battery of electric reflectors, and the floor and pews were a littler of wires, transformers and other paraphernalia." According to the item, the location director was Joseph A. Golden, and these were the first scenes ever shot in a real church.
Divorced was forty-year-old British-born stage actress Hilda Spong's only feature film. The 29 October 1915 Variety praised her "wonderfully effective" acting in emotional scenes, but added that "in repose the photography gives her a much more ancient appearance than her actual years warrant."
The 30 October 1915 Motion Picture News credited Alice Cotton, rather than Lucy Cotton, with being in the film, but there is no record of a film actress of that name. Lyster Chamber's first name was given as Lester by Moving Picture World and Variety.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant. ...
Scenes in this film were "all laid in and near New York, the interior of a Forty-second Street restaurant furnishing one elaborate setting," according to the 30 October 1915 Motion Picture News. The 9 October 1915 Moving Picture World also reported that the wedding of "Leonore Fenwick" and "Ralph Manson" was filmed in a Presbyterian church in the Bronx; "The Edison Electric Light and Power Company received the lighting contract, for in spite of the broad window expanse and the bright sunlight flooding the church, there was need of a battery of electric reflectors, and the floor and pews were a littler of wires, transformers and other paraphernalia." According to the item, the location director was Joseph A. Golden, and these were the first scenes ever shot in a real church.
Divorced was forty-year-old British-born stage actress Hilda Spong's only feature film. The 29 October 1915 Variety praised her "wonderfully effective" acting in emotional scenes, but added that "in repose the photography gives her a much more ancient appearance than her actual years warrant."
The 30 October 1915 Motion Picture News credited Alice Cotton, rather than Lucy Cotton, with being in the film, but there is no record of a film actress of that name. Lyster Chamber's first name was given as Lester by Moving Picture World and Variety.
According to the Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Database, this film is extant.
Leonore Fenwick marries well-to-do Ralph Manson, and they live happily until three years after their son Eugene is born. At that time, Manson elopes with a burlesque actress. Leonore gets a divorce and lives on alimony until Manson dies. To provide for Eugene, Leonore accepts money from real estate broker Robert Hadley, both for herself and her son's education, and consents to be his mistress, with the understanding that he will marry her following his divorce from his wife in the Midwest. However, when Hadley's wife dies, their son, Arthur, comes to live with him, and Hadley ignores Leonore. Eugene, now a college athlete, falls in love with Madeline Deland, a wealthy widow's daughter, whom Arthur also courts. After Madeline accepts Eugene's proposal of marriage, Arthur tells Madeline's brother that Eugene's mother was his father's mistress, and word of the sordid affair gets back to Mrs. Deland, who breaks off the engagement. That's when Eugene learns about his mother's affair. He plans to shoot Hadley, but Leonore stops him. However, when Hadley persists in telling Eugene about the arrangement, she shoots him. Leonore is arrested, but the jury frees her on the ground of temporary insanity. Later, Madeline is reunited with ...
Leonore Fenwick marries well-to-do Ralph Manson, and they live happily until three years after their son Eugene is born. At that time, Manson elopes with a burlesque actress. Leonore gets a divorce and lives on alimony until Manson dies. To provide for Eugene, Leonore accepts money from real estate broker Robert Hadley, both for herself and her son's education, and consents to be his mistress, with the understanding that he will marry her following his divorce from his wife in the Midwest. However, when Hadley's wife dies, their son, Arthur, comes to live with him, and Hadley ignores Leonore. Eugene, now a college athlete, falls in love with Madeline Deland, a wealthy widow's daughter, whom Arthur also courts. After Madeline accepts Eugene's proposal of marriage, Arthur tells Madeline's brother that Eugene's mother was his father's mistress, and word of the sordid affair gets back to Mrs. Deland, who breaks off the engagement. That's when Eugene learns about his mother's affair. He plans to shoot Hadley, but Leonore stops him. However, when Hadley persists in telling Eugene about the arrangement, she shoots him. Leonore is arrested, but the jury frees her on the ground of temporary insanity. Later, Madeline is reunited with Eugene.
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