When Love Was Blind (1911)

Directed by

Lucius J. Henderson

Genre

drama film, silent film

Country

United States

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A blind young woman is rescued from a fire by a man who becomes disfigured. They marry and have a child, but her restored sight leads to a devastating choice.

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What happens

When Love Was Blind is a 1911 American silent short drama film produced by the Thanhouser Company. The film focuses on young blind woman, May Read, who is saved from her burning home by Frank Larson. In the act of saving her, Frank is disfigured, but the two fall and love, marry and have a child. Two years later, the family physician offers to restore May's sight through a surgery. Frank consents despite his fears that May will not love him if she gazes upon his disfigured face. The surgery is a success and the doctor tells May not to remove the bandages. May ignores this warning and is permanently blinded after attempting to gaze at her husband, but she is content knowing her baby is beautiful. Directed by Lucius J. Henderson and starred Lucille Younge, the film was a critical success. The film is presumed lost. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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