His Sister-In-Law (1910)

• 56%
• 1910
• Drama
• D.W. Griffith
• Lottie Pickford
• Gladys Egan
• Edward Dillon

Eva and Blanche are two orphan sisters who live with their aunt. They are inseparable, each apparently living for the other. They vow that come what will they will never separate. However, when Eva, the eldest, is betrothed to Jack, Blanche, who is but ten years old, seriously objects, fearing that Eva's marriage would surely be the means of their parting one from the other. The wedding takes place and Eva declares that Blanche shall live with her and her husband. It went well until Jack realized that Blanche was dividing Eva's attentions, and in consequence became very much annoyed, despite his endeavors to feel thoroughly satisfied with conditions. Jack finds a third person not so pleasant, and Blanche's solicitation of Eva's attentions occasions several serious quarrels, and she begins to feel that she is in the way. On one occasion, when their tiff is rather more stormy than usual, Blanche is an unseen spectator. The poor little girl now realizes the truth and then decides to go back to her aunt's house to live, leaving the following note to explain her departure: "Darling Sister, I am going back to Auntie's. I am sorry I was a bother to you and Jack. I love you both very much, that is why I can't stay. Blanche." Upon finding this note the young couple are sorry for the way they have acted towards the child, and Jack persuades Eva to go to her aunt's and bring his sister-in-law back. Blanche, however, is not to be moved, and Eva returns in grief without her. She has hardly left when Blanche changes her mind and goes back, but she soon realizes that it is not to be, for when she enters noiselessly she finds Eva and Jack in each other's embrace arguing that Blanche's absence is all for the best. This decides her finally, and making her way back to her aunt's, she enters to stay for all time. A long time after that she is told by her aunt to get ready to visit Eva. Arriving there, she finds a new playmate, a little baby girl. Her surprise is extreme when shown her little niece, and her delight is inexpressible when she is asked to remain with her sister and brother-in-law as a companion to the baby.