Drama · United States of America · 1909 · 7m

The Deception

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Director
D.W. Griffith
Cast
Barry O'Moore as Harvey Colton Florence Lawrence as Mabel Colton Harry Solter as Harvey's Friend Owen Moore as The Rich Patron Arthur V. Johnson as The Rich Patron's Secretary / Man in Top Hat Mack Sennett as The Doctor
Synopsis

A wife offers to support her artist husband by teaching piano. She can't find work at the conservatory, and ends up working in a laundry, without telling him the truth. When he discovers her lie, he is determined to leave her, until she is injured and he understands the sacrifice she made for him.

Mood & Themes
presumed lost
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