The Ordeal of Rosetta

Overview

Twin sisters Rosetta and Lola Gelardi live happily with their aging father, Professor Gelardi, until their Sicilian village is destroyed by an earthquake. Unable to find Lola, the professor and Rosetta move to New York, where she obtains employment as a stenographer to author Aubrey Hapgood. Rosetta captivates Aubrey and his friends, but Mildred Sanders, who had hoped to win Aubrey for herself, tries to ruin Rosetta's reputation. On a drive with Aubrey, Rosetta relates her life story, whereupon Aubrey, claiming he loves her, takes her to an inn. Although he promises to marry her, she later reads of his engagement to Mildred. Rosetta shoots herself, after which Lola appears to avenge her death by causing the ruin of Aubrey's sister. Aubrey fires on Lola, but Rosetta awakens in his car and realizes that it was all a dream. While the chauffeur repairs the car, she and Aubrey walk into town to find a preacher.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 12, 1918

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Select Pictures Corporation

Cast

Alice Brady,Maude Turner Gordon,Ormi Hawley,Edmund Burns,Crauford Kent,Hazel Washburn,George Henry,Henry Leone

Director

Émile Chautard

Writer

Edmund Goulding,Paul West

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0009455