Remembrance Wall

Title: One of millions

Date: 1914

Distributor: Dryeda Art Film Corp

Director: J. Searle Dawley

Cast: Laura Sawyer, Maximillian Jurgens, Gertrude Norman, Robert Broderick, Arthur Evers, Lillian Buchanan

Summary: In the prologue, Death and Glory stand on either side of a cottage. Blood oozes from beneath a stage curtain, forming the word “war.” In the main story, Gladimir Kubelow leaves his wife on their wedding night when he enlists at the sudden outbreak of war. Naively, Maria happily bids him farewell, while her mother-in-law, Mother Kubelow, realizes the dangers of war. When Gladimir is killed during an attack led by General Bucher, Maria and Mother Kubelow find his body on the battlefield and take it to the bridal chamber. Her grief causes Maria to lose her mind. General Bucher forces his way into the way and Mother Kubelow poisons him with the sleeping potion she made to calm Maria. After taunting Bucher as he dies, Mother Kubelow goes insane and sets fire to her house. In the epilogue, as fire engulfs the cottage, Glory cringes and Death smiles.

Notes: The first film of the Dryeda Art Film Corp.