"HER SMILE (DESTROYED LIVES) Grand drama in 7 reels" "In the dual role NORMA TALMADGE First reel." "The more one approaches his death, the more one desires to peek at the book of one's life, and thereby revisit again the sad or happy hours of the past." "...by the shine of the eyes, that one once loved, but that have been closed forever by death." "...by the shine of the eyes, that one once loved, but that have been closed forever by death." "Old John Carteret secretes himself in his sad hours amongst the old memories of Her, whom he loved." "SONGBOOK" " To my dearest Monica John" "Her Smile." "# At the little green gate # Where I waited her each day" "# Her smile that I saw # Was the first thing on my way" "Mr. John Carteret Dunstable (England)" "Dear sir, On his deathbed, Jeremiah Wayne, the brother of my husband, ... has entrusted to me the terrible drama which has ruined your entire life, ...and has made you grow a festering hatred of all, who carry the name "Wayne"." "I myself am on death's door, and I have a son, who carries the name that you despise." "I would ask you to forget the uncle's crime, and to remember but the friend- ship that used to bind our families." ""I wrote him this letter a few days before my death." "He wasn't able to forget... he wasn't able to forgive."" "The women that he has loved, was my sister Monica, and I likewise have written to him on my deathbed."" ""May I introudce you, miss, doctor Owen Harding."" ""It's an old friend of me, a good chap, but otherwise the worst doctor there is."" ""That's not very flattering, my friend."" ""Mr. Cartaret, the mother of this child here has given me this letter for you."" "Dear John, I am firmly convinced, that you will grow to love my little Kathleen very much." "She is the image of her aunt Monica." "May the love that you will experience from her, help you to carry and forget your great pain." "your your affectionate Mary" ""We don't have enough influence by far, it would be necessary, that he..."" ""...it would be necessary, that he spoke with Monica herself..." "to her he would listen."" ""Perhaps, but to start, he should forget the hatred, that he carries for the name Wayne, ...because that hate has caused an unbridgable gap between him and Monica..."" ""In such a night as this, I sought loneliness..."" ""You don't think you can make me believe, that with this image you conjure up the spirit of Monica."" ""I happily admit, Owen, that very often, in sad hours, the spirit of Monica has appeared and comforted me."" ""Me, I see Monica live again in Kathleen." "She is her image, the perfect reincarnation of her aunt."" ""Monica!" "Monica!"" "HER SMILE (DESTROYED LIVES) Second reel." ""Nothing can be done about him yet." "The feeling of hate is still stronger than that of love."" "Like her dying mother had already foreseen, Kathleen had brought if not total oblivion to the life of her uncle, then at least given consolation in his sadness, and so the summer of 1914 had begun." ""How wonderful it would be, if I could rest with her..."" "Kenneth Wayne inherits important property from his uncle." "After being raised in America, this young man returns to Dunstable, to settle there permanently." ""It's another Wayne..." "I hope to prove him one day, that I've not yet forgotten by far..."" ""What, you want to have your revenge on an innocent?"" ""What is this, you dare to take on the defense of somene, who carries the name Wayne?"" ""Be welcome."" "Willy Ainley prepared himself for the arrival of Kathleen as a young Romeo!" "Having found the right time and the right place, the young man carefully took the hand of the young girl, ...and said with a voice shaking with emotion: "For some time I've been meaning to ask you a question."" ""Oh, how interesting," she replied, "what might that be?", after which he hesitantly continued: "Love of my heart, ...now is the time of year that all of nature renews, the buds are opening, let it also be the spring of our love."" "And hesitatingly he continued:" ""Now is the time of year, that all of nature renews, let it this time also be for us our love's spring..."" ""...and the young man took her hand again..."" ""...may this be our love's spring..."" ""I promise you, if you'll become my wife, to make you completely happy."" ""I believe, that the next dance is mine!"" ""Wayne..." "Kenneth Wayne..."" ""His absense could be a few minutes at most and it's now a two hours ago, that she left."" ""Wayne, you say?" "..." "The nephew of Jeremiah Wayne?"" ""We're going home!"" ""He carries the name Wayne..." "that is enough for me."" "Thursday." "The happiest day of my life." "Ken has asked me to marry him." "Ken I love you dearly." "Doctor Owen has advised us to be a bit more careful in future with our secret meetings, ...because uncle is beginning to more or less suspect that there's something afoot." "Ken has nevertheless begged me anyway to come on Saturday, like we are used to." "My dearest Kathleen, I have to tell you something urgently." "I await you at our spot as usual." "Ken." ""Ellen, I had complete faith in you, never could I have thought you would be capable to betray my this way."" ""It's the nephew of him, who has des- troyed my entire life, and you agreed to be of service to Kathleen and him."" ""There will be no domino played tonight."" "HER SMILE (DESTROYED LIVES) Third reel." ""Think about it, how terrible it would be for me if old ties of friendschip between you were broken by my actions."" ""Do you understand, old stiff-head."" ""I explicitly forbid you all further dealings with Kenneth Wayne!" "Understood?"" ""Tonight I will leave you, perhaps for ever."" "War has been declared." "England demands all its sons." ""It's nothing than that!" "I've had great fears..."" ""I thought, you were going to marry."" ""I couldn't think of asking the hand of a young girl at a moment, when the future seems so insecure to me as now." "Who knows, I may return from the war heavily injured... perhaps not at all!"" ""Kenneth, I think you haven't really found out, how one introduces a wedding proposal."" ""I will give you a lesson that you will be able to benefit from one day or the other!"" ""...the young man took her hand..."" ""...and his voice trembled with emotion when he said: "For a long time now, I burn with desire to ask you something.""" ""The young girl will then say:" ""Go ahead...""" ""..." "Then he will..."" ""...make his question..." "Let us suppose, that that question would be..." "Do you love me a lot?"" ""Now let us rehearse it."" ""Kathleen, for a long time, I am burning..."" ""Go ahead."" ""Mr. Wayne, may I request you to leave us alone!"" ""I do not know the causes of the hate that you carry for me, but I'd like to tell you this:" "I love Kathleen..."" ""Uncle John, I love him, let me at least say goodbye to him."" ""I will return, sir, and then Kathleen and I will bind our lives together, be it with or without your permission."" ""Time will heal that pain too."" ""Did time heal your pain?" "Were you able to forget Monica?"" ""How can you, who yourself knew true love and the sad pain of separation, how on earth can you deny me the small comfort just to say goodbye to him, whom I love so dearly."" "End of the third reel." "HER SMILE Fourth reel." ""Remember, that you've sworn to me to will return."" ""I think it necessary to tell you, why I hate all, who carry the name "Wayne"."" ""Fourty years ago now..." "On a nice day in June..." "I was the happiest man on earth..." "Monica and I would be united in marriage."" "The whole family was together." "Monica's younger sister came out." ""There is the bride..." "Long live the bride!"" ""John has been locked in the garden, you may not see him now."" "SONGBOOK" " To my dearest Monica John" ""Dr. Owen has left for a moment."" "Amice John, Just now I heared that Jerry Wayne is sitting in the tavern." "He seems to be beside himself with envy." "Perhaps it would be good, if you went and had a talk with him." "Say nothing to Monica." "Owen." ""One would almost say, Monica in a resized edition."" ""Jerry, behave like a man." "Love can't be forced, you may not blame Monica that her heart speaks to another."" ""But I love her..." "Love her so much..." "I can't bear the thought, that she is going to marry another."" ""Jerry, swear to me, that you will not attend the wedding."" ""...the wedding won't take place."" ""I promise you, that I will be calm if you see to it, that I can speak to Monica once more, for the last time."" "HER SMILE (DESTROYED LIVES) Fifth reel." ""Oh, Jerry, how I like it, that you've come to wish me luck."" ""Oh hush... the idea to have to see you on someone else's arm drives me insane..." "I cannot..." "no, I cannot possibly bear it."" ""If you really love me much, then stand back and let him marrry me, to whom me heart draws me."" ""Monica is in the garden."" ""Wish me luck..." "But also mean what you wish me."" ""Press me firmly in your arms." "If my head rests against your chest like this, it seems to me, as if no harm can befall me."" ""Nothing can ever separate us..." "Promise me that!"" "Bliss on the one hand..." "Grief on the other side." ""With what purpose do you come here?"" ""Come here!" "Make everyone leave." "I want to speak to you in private."" ""You choose a very bad time for that." "Let us rather postpone this meeting for another day."" ""No..." "No..." "You must hear me out today."" ""I've not been able to prevent you to win her heart..." "But she will never belong to you."" ""A love like ours, is everlasting."" ""John, I want to become your wife, come what may."" ""Monica, dearest, don't leave me!"" ""But don't be sad, my dear John, I will always be with you, even if..."" "End fifth reel." "HER SMILE Sixth reel." ""Terrible hours I lived through." "One evening when I looked at her last gift once more, the light of the moon made her image appear on the garden door."" ""That was her image, no more than that, it was herself." "She kept her promise and came to comfort me and very often afterwards I saw her again, at night..."" ""Uncle John, you who knew such a deep love yourself, how can you think that I would ever be able to forget Kenneth?"" ""Because you, who are the living image of Monica, must also have the same soul, ...the same feelings..." "You should not belong to someone of the stock of her executioner."" ""I love you very much, Uncle." "The memory of aunt Monica fills me with piety..." "But my love for Kenneth comes before everything."" ""My friend, the hate has poisoned your entire existence and will now also destroy the life of Kathleen."" ""What, now you too?" "Are you going to disapprove of my position as well now?"" ""If that is the case, then get away from me." "There can be no further friendship between us anymore."" ""Monica!"" ""Monica!"" ""Monica!" "But come to my aid, like you used to do so often before, in the sad hours."" ""John, you have made a gap come between us." "I can only then..." "Four years later." ""It's now already six months ago, that I last heared from Ken." "He has forgotten me."" ""A man like him doesn't forget."" ""The demobilised from Dunstable are returning."" ""Come with us, Kenneth may be with them."" ""Say Sydney, what do you say of my wife, hasn't she surprised me?"" ""And what about mine, save me, now that's something, I have no less than two at the same time."" ""Ken Wayne was in a hospital in London last month."" ""So has he been in England for a month already?"" ""He was heavily injured, but the doctors were of the opinion, that he would fully recovered again."" ""Sorry." "I understand."" ""Mr. Cartaret, I've came with the purpose to say to you..."" ""...that I may not demand of her to share the life of an invalid... so that I return her consent... and yet..."" ""One must have a heart of stone, to condone such a sacrifice."" ""Sir, I have not asked you, to see you here again."" ""Your heart has only become harder." "I will not persist." "Goodbye!"" ""Now that you are with me again, I forget those dreadful years." "It really is very long ago, that uncle John came to look for me in the garden."" ""We were only children then."" ""That is so, but childhood love is often the most long-lived."" "To be continued." "HER SMILE (DESTROYED LIVES) Seventh reel." ""The evening bells will probably ring a lot, as a welcome for the soldiers, who return."" ""If one makes the engagement last too long, one looses a load of precious time, wouldn't you heartily agree?"" ""Now that the war is once over, nothing can separate us anymore, isn't it, Ken darling?"" ""I shouldn't have returned here... and I shouldn't have seen you again either." "I thought you would have forgotten me!"" ""And you, have you forgotten me?"" ""Times have changed, and..."" ""You must love another girl, oh Ken, if I could have suspected."" ""...nobody regret is more than me!" "Forgive me, if I cause you pain!"" ""It's not your fault, Ken, I am the one , who threw myself at you..."" ""Ken is here... and he doesn't love me anymore!"" ""You took him from me, who was for me my whole life, just like Jerry Wayne took Monica from you back then, I hate you."" ""I say goodbye to you..." "Never will you see me again."" "As time passed, all became sadder and sadder..." "Kathleen hated him, and his heart broke at the thought, that he would henceforth be wholly alone." ""She is gone, she is gone..." "Don't you understand me?"" ""Yes, my old friend, I've sent for you, because I need you."" ""Do you think, that it is enough for you to say "I need you", to make me forget everything?" ""Not even, if I beg you to forgive me?"" ""Kathleen has let me for ever." "You must help me to find back Kenneth Wayne."" ""Kenneth Wayne... that nephew of Jeremiah Wayne..." "Do you not carry bad feelings for him anymore?"" ""I don't want for Kathleen to marry me out of pity."" ""Is that really the only reason, that you forsake?"" ""Owen, have you forgotten that domino game of ours?"" ""Do you remember..."" ""Word by word."" ""Since a long time I am burning with desire to ask you a question..."" ""Please proceed..."" ""Now we no longer need to write to each other."" ""Thank the gods..." "Have you finally come back again?"" ""Constantly I was with and around you, my dear John, but only visible for eyes of kindness and love, and your eyes were veiled by hatred."" ""You're blooming with youth and beauty and I..." "I..." "am so old... so very old."" ""Why fear death, only after death does happiness begin!"" ""Poor creatures that we are, why not go smiling along our life's path?" "For we know, that at the end of that road true happiness awaits us.""