Roses and Thorns
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Stanley's marriage to a social butterfly is without love, and his young son is the only bond between him and his wife. On a hunting trip, Stanley discovers Edna, a mountain girl whose father has recently died, lying hungry and cold on a trail. Stanley takes Edna back to a city hospital and, after she recovers, installs her in an apartment. The love that grows between Stanley and Edna is challenged when Stanley must decide whether to accompany his family on a trip abroad. When Stanley goes to Edna's apartment to inform her that he must leave with his family, his son follows him, and Edna, upon seeing the boy, urges Stanley to do his duty to his family. Stanley takes a boat for Europe, leaving Edna to mourn his departure.
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In May 1919, Aywon Film Corp. announced that Roses and Thorns would be released as part of its "Security Series," a group of films that Aywon purchased, re-edited, re-titled, and in some cases augmented with newly shot material. The film's plot, as recorded in the files of the Community Motion Picture Bureau, is identical to that of the 1915 Universal one-reeler Roses and Thorns, starring Edna Maison, L. S. Reynolds, and Ray Gallagher. It is unclear whether the Aywon film is a remake of the Universal film, whether it incorporates the footage of the Universal film, or whether the Community Motion Picture Bureau mistakenly gave the plot of the Universal film as the plot of the Aywon film. The records of the Community Motion Picture Bureau give "Select" as the film's distributor and Aywon as its producer, but no evidence linking Select Pictures Corp. to the film has been discovered. Although Ulrich and Cotton both made films for the Triumph Film Corp. in 1915, and Aywon re-released four other re-titled Triumph films in 1919, no evidence that Roses and Thorns was originally a Triumph film has been discovered.
