The House of Mirth
Cast & Crew
Albert Capellani
Katherine Harris Barrymore
Henry Kolker
Christine Mayo
Joseph Kilgour
Lottie Briscoe
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Synopsis
Lily Bart loves Lawrence Selden, a lawyer of moderate means, but she is also pursued by Simon Rosedale, a wealthy businessman, and Augustus Trenor-Dorset, a married man. When Dorset's wife Bertha announces that she is going to the country (although she really plans to meet Ned Silverton, with whom she is having an affair), Dorset asks Lily to dine at his home. Alone with him at the house, she rejects his advances, but when Mrs. Dorset returns, she publicly insults Lily, forcing her to move to another town. Lily's aunt dies and leaves her penniless, whereupon she reluctantly begins to seek employment. She is about to kill herself when Selden, who has never stopped loving her, enters the room and convinces her to marry him.
Director
Albert Capellani
Cast
Katherine Harris Barrymore
Henry Kolker
Christine Mayo
Joseph Kilgour
Lottie Briscoe
Edward Abeles
Maggie Western
Pauline Welch
Nellie Parker-spaulding
W. D. Fichter
Sidney Bracy
Kempton Greene
Morgan Jones
William A. Sullivan
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Notes
Wharton's novel was adapted for the stage by Clyde Fitch, along with Wharton, and was produced in Detroit, September 11, 1906. Some reviews give a length of five reels.
