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The Angel of the Attic (1916)
Short | Short, Drama

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The Angel of the Attic (1916)

Short | Short, Drama

Gerald Gray is a well-known artist who is tired of his fashionable existence and longs for real life. He takes a studio in a poor section of the city and poses as a struggling young artist. It so happens that he rents the room next to that...See moreGerald Gray is a well-known artist who is tired of his fashionable existence and longs for real life. He takes a studio in a poor section of the city and poses as a struggling young artist. It so happens that he rents the room next to that occupied by a young girl who is all alone in the world and who is forced to make paper flowers for a bare existence. In the course of time Gerald meets Betty and is struck by her beauty. About a week later Gerald, while descending the rickety old staircase, falls and seriously hurts his ankle. He is forced to stay in bed for a few weeks and all this time Betty nurses him. When he has recovered he paints her picture for the salon. At last the portrait is finished and Gerald, to celebrate, invites the girl to a spree at a Bohemian restaurant. She agrees, although she is rather doubtful as to whether or not she will look well enough in her poor clothes. That night she dresses herself in some old family heirlooms and goes out to meet Gerald. She looks the picture of the modern fashion in her old costume of the seventies, with a hoop skirt and she quite wins Gerald's love. At the restaurant Gerald is seen by some of his wealthy friends who have come to the place to get a taste of Bohemian life. The girls in the party are crazy to meet him, so he is called over to their table. While he is gone some drunken men try to flirt with Batty and are repulsed by Gerald. A fight ensues, but Gerald is not hurt. When they get home that night Gerald realizes that he loves Betty, and asks her to be his wife. But she refuses, as she thinks that she will be a drag on him and a drawback to his artistic success. So he goes away and leaves a note under the door, saying that he is really the famous Gerald Gray and that he will wait for her to come to him. But the next day he finds that life without the girl is impossible. He goes to her and she at last realizes that he loves her well enough to sacrifice his social position to marry her, so she cannot very well refuse him, especially as she loves him. As the picture fades out the two are seen in a fond embrace. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less