When the Mind Sleeps(1915)

上映日期:1915

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导演:克尼恩·比埃尔 / 

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Plot Summary:Roberts, who has inherited an estate solely upon the condition that he care for Bess, proves unfaithful to his trust. The girl, although eighteen, possesses the mind of a child. After a vain attempt to make love to Bess, Roberts plans to get rid of her. Tom, who ekes out a scanty living by playing his violin on the streets, meets Bess. The two are attracted to each other. Seeing an opportunity to get the girl out of the way, Roberts tells Tom he can have her. Hall, one of Roberts' friends, is attracted by the girl's beauty. The man informs Tom that it would be a crime for him to marry Bess because she is not in full possession of her mind. Although he realizes this, Tom knows that Bess would suffer a worse fate if left to Hall's tender mercies. He takes the girl to his cabin in the woods. There, as the weeks pass, he teaches her how to sing. Later, the two perform in front of a sanitarium where Hall is taking the rest cure. The head of the institution, Dr. Carlson, is deeply interested in cretinism, or arrested mentality. Believing that he can restore Bess to her normal mind, he requests Tom's permission to perform an operation upon her. The violinist gives his consent. The operation is performed. Dr. Carlson, however, finds that Bess can remain normal only so long as she receives the stimulant, the formula for which he alone knows, given to patients who have been operated upon for cretinism. Dr. Burke, an assistant at the sanitarium, falls in love with Bess. The girl, ignorant of her life with Tom, returns Burke's love. This angers Laura, Carlson's daughter, who also loves the young doctor. Hall, still determined to gain possession of Bess, abducts her. Burke discovers what has happened and pursues the man. The kidnapper's auto breaks down near Tom's cabin and Hall carries his victim into the hut. There Burke finds him. Aided by Tom, the doctor overpowers the scoundrel. The violinist pleads with Bess to remain with him, but the girl, ignorant of what had transpired prior to the operation, departs with Burke. Carlson falls in love with his patient. This pleases Laura, who now believes that she can win Burke. Bess is informed that unless she weds Carlson, the latter will refuse to give her the stimulant which keeps her from reverting to her former condition. Thus, the girl is compelled to consent. Burke, heartbroken, resolves to secure the secret formula. Carlson, however, mockingly destroys the document. The desperate lover thereupon attempts to seize the bottle which contains the precious liquid. A terrible fight ensues. Although Burke obtains the stimulant after slaying Carlson, he himself sustains a mortal wound and dies just as he gives the liquid to Bess. But the girl, gazing upon the body of the man she loves, decides that she was far happier when ignorant of worldly things. Deliberately choosing to revert to her former mental condition, Bess throws the stimulant away. Laura presently comes to gloat over her rival, but the girl does not understand, cannot even remember her. Back she goes to the cabin in the forest, and Tom.

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