Tangled Lives (1910)

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A bank cashier fakes his death after his accounts are found short. Five years later he returns on the day his wife marries a reporter, sees their love, and accidentally falls to his death.

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What happens

Tangled Lives is a 1910 American silent short drama produced by the Thanhouser Company. The plot focuses on, John Hill, a bank cashier who decides to fakes his death after the manager finds his accounts are short. Before he can go through with the plan, a reporter interviews the wife, May, and decides to suppress the story because he has become infatuated with her. Five years pass, May and the reporter decide to marry, but John returns on the day of the wedding. Upon sneaking into the house, he sees their love and decides to disappear. As he attempts to leave he accidentally falls to his death and the reporter removes his body before he leads May to the altar. The film was described as a variant of Enoch Arden by one reviewer, but it differs in its execution. The cast and credits of the film are unknown, but a surviving film still shows the principal characters. The film was released on September 13, 1910, to positive reviews. The film was presumed lost, but a surving copy was identified in the collection of the Gosfilmofond of Russia in 2026. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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