Put to the Test
Directed by Hardee KirklandGertrude Grey, the sweet singer in a country church choir is beloved by Owens Vale, a gallant youth, who loves her for herself alone. Max Desci, a teacher from the great city, hears her sing one Sunday and immediately offers to educate her, so she goes away amid tears of farewell. Among the patrons of Desci's atelier is Paul Marchmont. a young millionaire, who is immediately enamored by the voice and becomes the shadow of the young singer. Their engagement is to be announced the night of her debut. Poor Vale, longing for his sweetheart who has wandered to the city, accidentally oversees a scene that confirms the report. The night of her debut, "stage-fright" paralyzes her vocal chords and an eminent specialist, immediately summoned, declares she will never sing again. When Marchmont hears this he leaves the city, sending her a note that their engagement must be indefinitely postponed. Discouraged, the broken girl returns to the countryside, and when time has healed the cruel wounds, she marries the faithful friend and lover, Vale. One day, after the baby comes, she is seized with an uncontrollable desire to sing, and all the pent-up fonts of song, inspired by the mother love, break forth. Her husband is delighted, and they pick up matters where they dropped so pitifully, and she makes a wonderfully successful debut under the direction of Desci. She gives the fawning Marchmont the grand "cut-out," and her husband and child are her single thought, as the tumult of her rapturous listeners storms her ears in her hour .of triumph.
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Put to the Test was released on 17 de julio de 1913.
Put to the Test was directed by Hardee Kirkland.
Put to the Test has a runtime of 28min.
Put to the Test was produced by William Nicholas Selig.
Gertrude Grey, the sweet singer in a country church choir is beloved by Owens Vale, a gallant youth, who loves her for herself alone. Max Desci, a teacher from the great city, hears her sing one Sunday and immediately offers to educate her, so she goes away amid tears of farewell. Among the patrons of Desci's atelier is Paul Marchmont. a young millionaire, who is immediately enamored by the voice and becomes the shadow of the young singer. Their engagement is to be announced the night of her debut. Poor Vale, longing for his sweetheart who has wandered to the city, accidentally oversees a scene that confirms the report. The night of her debut, "stage-fright" paralyzes her vocal chords and an eminent specialist, immediately summoned, declares she will never sing again. When Marchmont hears this he leaves the city, sending her a note that their engagement must be indefinitely postponed. Discouraged, the broken girl returns to the countryside, and when time has healed the cruel wounds, she marries the faithful friend and lover, Vale. One day, after the baby comes, she is seized with an uncontrollable desire to sing, and all the pent-up fonts of song, inspired by the mother love, break forth. Her husband is delighted, and they pick up matters where they dropped so pitifully, and she makes a wonderfully successful debut under the direction of Desci. She gives the fawning Marchmont the grand "cut-out," and her husband and child are her single thought, as the tumult of her rapturous listeners storms her ears in her hour .of triumph.
The key characters in Put to the Test are Gertrude Grey (Winifred Greenwood), Owens Vale (Thomas Carrigan), Paul Marchmont (William Stowell).
Put to the Test is a Short, Drama film.