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A Timely Repentance

A Timely Repentance

1912Short
DramaShort

John Crawford, an honest mechanic, and Wilbur Robinson, a young man of leisure, both love the same girl. She marries Crawford and a baby comes to cheer their home. Crawford is engaged in perfecting an invention and, pending the ex...

Director
William H. Clifford
Writers
N/A
Stars
Mary Pickford, Edward LeSaint, William E. Shay
Release Date
March 11, 1912
Language
None, English
Country
United States
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Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Mary Pickford
Mary Pickford
as Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion'
Edward LeSaint
Edward LeSaint
as John Crawford - the Poor Husband
William E. Shay
William E. Shay
as Wilbur Robinson - the Wife's New Lover
Lucille Young
Lucille Young
as Mrs. John Crawford - the Poor Man's Wife
J. Farrell MacDonald
J. Farrell MacDonald
as Louis Nordell
Hayward Mack
Hayward Mack
as Ronald Seymour

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Production
Independent Moving Pictures Co. of America (IMP)

🎯 Categories

DramaShort

⭐ Featured Review

Shows the good influence of an Imp picture
by deickemeyer2016-10-10

"This picture, played very well by three people, shows the good influence of an Imp picture, an old film, in which Mary Pickford appears and which is called in this release, "The Wife's Desertion." In the early scenes of this picture, the poor man's wife (Miss Young) has deserted him for a second man (Mr. Shay). Eloping, their automobile breaks down and they go in to see the picture. It causes the wife's "timely repentance." Mr. Le Saint plays the poor man. The photography is very good in most scenes, but the tinting in one or two scenes does not seem so succe..."

💡 Did You Know?

Only a fragment remains of A Timely Repentance ( 1912 ).

📖 Synopsis

John Crawford, an honest mechanic, and Wilbur Robinson, a young man of leisure, both love the same girl. She marries Crawford and a baby comes to cheer their home. Crawford is engaged in perfecting an invention and, pending the ex...