The Best Man Wins (1910)

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two men propose to the same woman on the same day. She gives them a month to prove themselves. When a young girl asks them to help her dying mother, their true characters are revealed.

melodramaticmoralisticsentimentalstagedold-fashionedpoignantrestrained

What happens

The Best Man Wins is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film features Thanhouser's leading players Anna Rosemond, Martin Faust, Frank H. Crane and Marie Eline in a drama about morality. Two suitors are vying for the hand of Julia Seaton and propose to her on the same day, but she asks for a month to decide between them. In the time, the caliber of both men are tested when asked by a young girl, named May, to help her dying mother. The doctor refuses to help, and the lawyer offers his assistance, but her mother soon dies. The orphan is taken in by the Seaton family and personally attests to the character of both men when Julia Seaton has to choose between her suitors. The writer, director, and cameraman are unknown. Released on May 14, 1910, the film was met with mostly positive reviews by critics. The film is presumed lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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