A Timely Repentance

A Timely Repentance — Plot

A lost film. John Crawford, an honest mechanic, and Wilbur Robinson, a young man of leisure, both love the same girl. She marries Crawford and they have a baby. Crawford is engaged in perfecting an invention and money is short leaving the wife dissatisfied. Robinson notes this fact and lures her away. She goes with him deserting the baby, leaving a note for her husband. While awaiting the train to leave the city they visit a picture house. The story thrown on the screen is identical to their own experience. Unable to witness the closing scenes and filled with remorse, Mrs. Crawford begs to leave and hurries home, hoping she may get there before her husband returns.

• Release date
• March 11, 1912
• Runtime
• 10 min
• Director
• William H. Clifford

A Timely Repentance — Cast

Mary Pickford Mrs. Nordell - Heroine of the Movie within the Movie, 'The Wife's Desertion' Edward LeSaint John Crawford - the Poor Husband William E. Shay Wilbur Robinson - the Wife's New Lover Lucille Young Mrs. John Crawford - the Poor Man's Wife J. Farrell MacDonald Louis Nordell Hayward Mack Ronald Seymour (as H.S. Mack)