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Just a Bit of Life
(1914) United States of America
B&W : Short film
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: Irene Howley [the dressmaker], Charles H. Mailes (Charles Hill Mailes) [the professor]
Biograph Company production; distributed by The General Film Company, Incorporated. / Released 21 September 1914. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [From Biograph promotional materials] Piqued by her husband’s apparent neglect, the wife of a college professor elopes with her admirer, deserting her little baby. On the same day, the professor’s favorite pupil, a young woman, gets news of her father’s death and leaves college. Her photograph, a parting gift, lies on the professor’s table. The baby, now a five-year-old girl, pines for a mother’s love, and, finding the picture one day, asks: “Is that my mama?” To get rid of her, the professor says, “Yes.” Next day the little girl is taken by her nurse to a dressmaker recommended by the professor’s secretary, and the child recognizes the original of the photograph, to her joy and that of her father.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 28 December 2024.
References: Spehr-American p. 2 : Website-IMDb.
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