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  • His World of Darkness (1916)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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His World of Darkness (1916)
Short | Short, Drama
Philip Kent while at the law office of his friend. Henry Ives, receives news that his wife has given birth to a girl. Suddenly Kent is stricken blind. Specialists are consulted, but they are unable to restore his sight. Taking advantage of...See morePhilip Kent while at the law office of his friend. Henry Ives, receives news that his wife has given birth to a girl. Suddenly Kent is stricken blind. Specialists are consulted, but they are unable to restore his sight. Taking advantage of her husband's blindness, Mrs. Kent, a frivolous, pleasure loving woman, engages in an open flirtation with Ives. Some years later Ives is in the library when a letter arrives from a noted eye specialist stating that, after a thorough examination, he is convinced Philip will regain his sight. Ives suppresses his letter and makes Philip believe the specialist has reported that he is hopelessly blind. Subsequently Philip's former college chum pays him a visit and induces him to have his eyes treated by a prominent specialist in another city, leaving Mrs. Kent under the impression that he is simply taking Philip on a trip for his health. After Philip has departed, Ives obtains Mrs. Kent's consent to elope with him. The operation proves a success and Philip is no longer blind. Instead of telegraphing the good news to his wife he decides to surprise her. Accordingly he returns home and simulating blindness he "feels" his way with a cane up to the door and is admitted by the maid. Mrs. Kent, accompanied by Ives, comes home with bundles which she has purchased preparatory to her elopement. As she comes into the room Philip is about to jump up to greet her when he sees her kissed by Ives. Philip, still feigning blindness, calls his wife by name and asks her if she is alone. Ives motions to Mrs. Kent to keep silent about his presence, and she replies to Philip, "Why certainly; when did you get home?" Philip feels for his wife's face and his fingers stiffen, as he is tempted to choke her for her deceit, but he controls himself and pats her with seeming affection. A few hours later a boy arrives with a message from Ives requesting Mrs. Kent to be at his apartment at 8 o'clock that evening. Philip rises from his chair, "feels" his way with his cane to where his wife is sitting and reads the message over her shoulder. After packing her grips Mrs. Kent stops at the library to tell Philip that she is going over to a neighbor's house. As soon as she is gone Philip rushes out of the house and is next seen coming through the window portieres of Ives' apartment. He seats himself and waits for Ives, who presently unlocks the door and comes in, expecting to greet Mrs. Kent, when Philip looms up before him. Believing Philip still blind, Ives starts to leave, when Philip points to the adjoining room and says: "She's in there dead." Philip then takes out his watch and calmly announces: "It is now five minutes of 8; at 8 o'clock you will also be dead." Then, without taking his eyes from Ives, he draws a pistol from his pocket and sits down to wait. Ives pleads with Philip. Philip remains silent. Ives clutches at his heart and finally falls dead. Philip then goes to the portieres and leaves the apartment the same way he entered it. Shortly afterwards Mrs. Kent cornea in to keep her appointment with Ives, and seeing her lover lying dead across the table, she staggers into the street. When Philip walks up and laces her on her arrival home she stammers: "You can see." Philip stares at her and fairly hisses: "Yes, I have seen everything that has gone on today." She pleads for mercy, but he is through with her, and as his fingers close on her throat he shouts: "You are too vile to live." "Beauty," their daughter, is awakened by his voice and calls, "Daddy." Philip hears her story in the library. He loosens his hold on his wife's throat and exclaims, pointing to the door: "Go, and never let me see your face again." Then follows a symbolic scene in which the unfaithful wife is seen on the downward path departing over a hill, and as the picture fades out, we see Philip seated in his library, lost in memories of the past. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Ben F. Wilson (as Ben Wilson)
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Norbert Lusk (scenario) | Stuart Paton (scenario)
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Updated Apr 23, 1916
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Apr 23, 1916 (United States)

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6 cast members
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Ben F. Wilson
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Clara Beyers
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Charles Ogle
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Lois Alexander
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Jack Newton
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