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The Higher Duty (1913)
Short | 11 min | Short, Drama

The Higher Duty (1913)

Short | 11 min | Short, Drama

Marie Dearborn, a nurse, is called into the house of a fashionable schoolmate to nurse her two-year-old baby. Marie is overwhelmed by her friend's home, her husband and baby. The baby is quite ill, but gradually improves. Marie soon ...See moreMarie Dearborn, a nurse, is called into the house of a fashionable schoolmate to nurse her two-year-old baby. Marie is overwhelmed by her friend's home, her husband and baby. The baby is quite ill, but gradually improves. Marie soon notices how disinterested her friend is in her home. The husband is a young business man. He enjoys talking to Marie. The wife takes no part in these conversations. Several days after Marie's arrival the wife receives an invitation to a house party which is to be given in a town thirty miles away. She leaves, charging Marie with the care of her child. The second day after her departure the child becomes quite ill again. Marie sends for the father. Together they watch over the child one whole night. The next day the child is so much better that the husband does not send word to the mother. The all night vigil together has brought Marie close to the husband. She grows alarmed at the signs of his interest in her. At last, worried by the state of affairs, she determines to write and tell the wife to come immediately. The wife answers that she must under no circumstances leave until she comes. That evening the husband leaves his club and comes home early. Marie must hold the child while the father plays "hide and seek" around her. At length the closeness to Marie and the charm she has for a lonely man overwhelm him and he attempts to take both the nurse and the baby into his embrace. Marie points toward the door. Finally he departs. Mrs. Hall arrives a few days later and accepts Marie's services to her as a matter of course, pays her well and bids her good-bye. Marie is waiting for the train when she sees Hall enter. He comes to her and attempts to speak. At first she looks away coldly, but at length, compelled by the contrition in his tone, she looks only to see how ill and worried he looks. He tells Marie that she has taught him the higher duty. Marie puts her hand into his outstretched hand and they part friends. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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5 cast members

Name	Known for
Edna Payne Mrs. Hall Mrs. Hall See fewer	The Sacrifice of Jonathan Gray (1915)
Clarence Elmer Mr. Hall Mr. Hall See fewer	The Engineer's Revenge (1914)
Isabel Lamon Nurse Mary Dearborn Nurse Mary Dearborn See fewer	Little Women (1918)
Jack McCloskey Baby Hall Baby Hall See fewer	The Shanghaied Baby (1915)
Mary Smith Mrs. Dearborn Mrs. Dearborn See fewer	The Flower of Faith (1916)