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The Price of Fame (1915)
Short | Short

The Price of Fame (1915)

Short | Short

Fame, with her scorching finger touches lightly the forehead of Youth, then flits away, intangible and elusive. Sometimes, and this is rare, Youth comes up with Fame and clasps her jealously to him. But in every case, he who seeks Fame, he...See moreFame, with her scorching finger touches lightly the forehead of Youth, then flits away, intangible and elusive. Sometimes, and this is rare, Youth comes up with Fame and clasps her jealously to him. But in every case, he who seeks Fame, he who would inhale the purer air of Art, must needs shake from his shoulders the ties that bind him to the Earth. Sometimes he is alone; then it doesn't matter. Sometimes he has friends, on whom it is cruel, and sometimes there is a wife, on whom it is worse than death. But here is the tale: A young singer, aglow with the fervor of inspiration, eager for the social intercourse his art may open the way to, gets married. He marries a woman whose conception of ideal happiness is simple domesticity. Opportunity comes, no need to knock, he has been waiting for her. With his wife and child clinging, as it were, to his coat-tails, he follows the Gleam, and they are cast off in the swiftness of his flight. Fame is within his grasp. For one mad moment he is identified with Her, then something snaps. With the first blatant, brass notes from his silver throat he drops automatically back to Earth, his eyes still blinded with the light of other spheres. His wife has gone; his friends have disappeared. With a heavy heart he turns back into the highway of Life, to be swallowed forever in the flux of obscure humanity. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Henry King Henry Merwin - The Husband Henry Merwin - The Husband See fewer	The Song of Bernadette (1943)
Ruth Roland Ann Booth - later The Wife Ann Booth - later The Wife See fewer	The Haunted Valley (1923)
Daniel Gilfether The Professor The Professor See fewer	The Love Liar (1915)
Mollie McConnell Actress Actress See fewer	Bare Fists (1919)