Name: The Pretty Sister of Jose
Released: 1915
Cast: Marguerite Clark, Jack Pickford, Edythe Chapman, Gertrude Norman, William Lloyd

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Release Date

May 31, 1915

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Famous Players Film Co.

Distribution Company

Paramount Pictures Corp.

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the novel The Pretty Sister of Jose by Frances Hodgson Burnett (New York, 1889) and her play of the same name (New York, 10 Nov 1903).

Synopsis

Pepita, a radiant and merry Spanish beauty, and her playful brother Jose, witness their mother, whose faded beauty led her husband to abandon her for another, plunge a dagger into her breast. After their uncle avenges the death, Pepita develops a fierce hatred of men and pledges never to marry, while Jose leaves for Madrid with a benevolent padre. Sebastiano, Spain's most famous toreador, arrives in town and, after seeing Pepita, spurns the pretty Sarita, who dies hopelessly infatuated. Later, Pepita visits Jose in Madrid and encounters Sebastiano. She resists his attempts at conquest and haughtily makes him serve her. Finally, when Pepita responds to Sebastiano's protestations of love with vehement hatred, he leaves for Lisbon. His departure awakens Pepita's love, and when he returns with a fiancée, Pepita suffers intense jealousy. During a bullfight, Sebastiano glances at Pepita and is gored by the bull. As he is about to die, Pepita, ready to die with him, declares her love, and Sebastiano revives.