The Voice of the Viola (1914)

• 84%
• 1914
• Drama
• Romance
• Wallace Reid
• Wallace Reid
• Dorothy Davenport
• William Steele

This is a story of the love of two brothers for the same girl. Edward, the elder, is the fiddler of the small mountain village, while Wallace is a wood chopper. Through excessive bashfulness and because the girl is enchanted by Edward's playing, Wallace is unsuccessful in his suit. Soon after the engagement, however, she becomes blind. Edward soon tires of the blind girl. Wallace learns to play his brother's violin. To spare her the humiliation of spurned love, he impersonates his brother, and during her dark hours when the realization of her affliction is great upon her, he plays the violin in his brother's place. A city surgeon, seeking rest, visits the village, examines the girl's eyes and tells the father that he can restore her sight. The surgeon operates successfully. The girl keeps the matter of her restored sight a secret. She sees Edward suing for the hand of another girl of the village. Then to her surprise she sees that it is Wallace who has been playing. She confides to him the successful nature of the operation. What he could not win by words he has won by silence. She loves him.