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The Coquette
(1910) United States of America
B&W : Split-reel / 495 feet
Directed by (unknown)
Cast: (unknown)
Edison Manufacturing Company production; distributed by Edison Manufacturing Company. / © 21 January 1910 by Edison Manufacturing Company [J137658, J137659, J137660, J137661]. Released 21 January 1910; in a split-reel with The Luck of Roaring Camp (1910). / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Reviews: [The Moving Picture World, 15 January 1910, page ?] Said to be a true incident of the Philippine insurrection, the film is a strong dramatic story in which an officer of the Untied States army, dying on the skirmish line, discovers his seal ring upon the finger of a brother officer, in whose arms he is being held. Inquiry develops the fact that the ring, which had been given by him to a young lady in the Western States, to whom he was betrothed, had in turn been given by her to his brother officer, with whose affections she had also trifled. The last scene of the film shows the just retribution that was meted out to her and gives scope for some intensely dramatic action. The battlefield scene, too, is well pictured and realistic in the extreme. // [The Moving Picture World, 5 February 1910, page ?] A love story that is different in that it administers deserved punishment to a coquette who deceives two soldiers. Not always in pictures of this sort do coquettes obtain their just deserts, but in this instance her perfidy brings sorrow and remorse in its train. The film allows no particular feature in the acting and develops no strongly dramatic situations, excepting possibly where the dying soldier discovers the ring he has given the girl upon his comrade’s finger and tells him the truth. The picture is interesting, but does not approach greatness.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 22 August 2023.
References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.
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