East Lynne (1913)
Overview
An aristocratic woman, Lady Isabel, leaves her husband and children when she suspects him of adultery, a notion which had been suggested to her by the scheming and murderous Captain Levison. Life on the continent with Levison does not work out as she had envisaged so, eight years later, she returns to England and finds her husband has remarried. She cannot bear to be away from her family and so dons a disguise, gaining employment with them as a governess. When her young son, Willie, dies she is unable to comfort him as she would like, and she too dies.
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An aristocratic woman, Lady Isabel, leaves her husband and children when she suspects him of adultery, a notion which had been suggested to her by the scheming and murderous Captain Levison. Life on the continent with Levison does not work out as she had envisaged so, eight years later, she returns to England and finds her husband has remarried. She cannot bear to be away from her family and so dons a disguise, gaining employment with them as a governess. When her young son, Willie, dies she is unable to comfort him as she would like, and she too dies. East Lynne is a Drama movie, released on 1913-05-01, runtime 45 minutes.
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Directed by
Bert Haldane
Cast
- Blanche Forsythe as Lady Isobel
- Fred Paul as Archibald Carlyle
- Fred Morgan as Captain Levinson
- Rachel de Solla as Cornelia Carlyle
- May Morton as Joyce
- Doreen O'Connor as Afy Hallijohn
- Lindsay Fincham as Barbara Hare
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