One day Lady Windermere's husband receives a strange note. He is called to a secret location, where he meets a woman called Mrs Erlynne who turns out to be the mother of his wife. She is a woman who is thought to be dead but who had a sordid past (she left her husband and daughter for a lover). She blackmails the man, saying she will reveal herself otherwise. Some of his society peers see him with this woman and start malicious gossip. While at the same time a mutual friend called Lord Darlington tries to use these rumours to steal Lady Windermere for himself. The mother and daughter duly meet and by the end Mrs Erlynne has saved her daughter from falling into the arms of the nefarious Darlington and, hence, saving her from the same fate as herself.
This is a stage play that was adapted to film. It was written by the famous wit and word-smith Oscar Wilde. This presents a fairly obvious drawback, as seeing that it is a silent movie it cannot use any of Wilde's dialogue. Having no familiarity with the play I can't say how this effects things but I would imagine quite a bit. Its values are somewhat out-dated too. The way that Mrs Erlynne is a social pariah because she became another man's mistress seems odd now. But I suppose it's interesting in the way it reflects the attitudes of a different era.
This is a stage play that was adapted to film. It was written by the famous wit and word-smith Oscar Wilde. This presents a fairly obvious drawback, as seeing that it is a silent movie it cannot use any of Wilde's dialogue. Having no familiarity with the play I can't say how this effects things but I would imagine quite a bit. Its values are somewhat out-dated too. The way that Mrs Erlynne is a social pariah because she became another man's mistress seems odd now. But I suppose it's interesting in the way it reflects the attitudes of a different era.