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  • Two Sides to the Story (1913)
  • Short | Short, Drama
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Two Sides to the Story (1913)
Short | Short, Drama
The barber is reading. It is the slack time of day. A customer comes in. The towel is arranged round the customer's neck and the razor is sharpened when the barber starts back and his face assumes a look of hatred mixed with a desire for ...See moreThe barber is reading. It is the slack time of day. A customer comes in. The towel is arranged round the customer's neck and the razor is sharpened when the barber starts back and his face assumes a look of hatred mixed with a desire for revenge. As he shaves his customer, he tells him a story with concentrated venom and bitterness. He tells how he was once a happy man, devoted to his wife. One day he left her in the morning after the usual affectionate leave taking. Arriving at the shop he found he had forgotten the key. He returned and as he approached the house he saw through the window a stranger embracing his wife with warmth and enticing her with nuggets of gold. It was evident this was no chance meeting and that their familiarity was nothing new. Brokenhearted and discouraged he went away from his home and left the woman who had deceived him. The tale finished, the customer looks bored until he catches the look of murder in the barber's eye as he cries, "And you are the man." There is a desperate struggle for the razor, and holding the barber's hand, the customer forces him to hear his side of the story. The customer tells the barber how he left the barber's wife, long ago, standing forlornly at the station as he went forth to carve out a fortune in the gold fields. Success came and he returned and looked her up and finding her. He clasped her in his arms and showed her the nuggets. The barber, insane at this confession, endeavors to get the razor free, when the customer cries, "The woman, your wife, is my sister," and the razor drops to the floor. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Director
Edwin August
Producer
Pat Powers
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Updated Feb 21, 1913
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Feb 21, 1913 (United States)

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