Her Bitter Cup

Her Bitter Cup
Directed by
Written byCleo Madison (scenario)
Story byKathleen Kerrigan
Produced byCleo Madison
Starring
Production
company
Release date
  • April 17, 1916 (1916-04-17)
Running time
5 reels
CountryUS

Her Bitter Cup (alternate title A Heart's Crucible) is a 1916 American silent film directed by Cleo Madison. One of only two feature-length films directed by Madison, she also played the leading role, a fervent labor organizer who uses drastic methods to finance her cause of improving the miserable lot of the workers in a factory.[1]

The film is presumed lost.[2]

Synopsis

Factory worker Rethna (Madison) comes from an impoverished background. Her raison d'être is to improve the miserable lot of her fellow workers; her chief foe is the cruel factory-owner. Rethna begins a sexual relationship with Henry Burke (William Mong), the owner's disreputable son, and obtains money from him which she funnels to the workers, doing with Burke's money what she believes the Burkes ought to be doing anyway. After a year, she breaks off her relationship with Henry and marries his brother Walter (Edward Hearn), the better man of the two. She continues to support the factory workers with Burke money, and is eventually found out by her husband. Confronted by Walter, who truly loves her, she tells him that she married him only to gain access to his money and avenge the wrongs done by his family; faced with this admission, Walter leaves Rethna.

While Rethna is at the factory pleading with her father-in-law for better working conditions, a fire breaks out. Rethna is badly burned while saving the elder Burke's life, and is herself saved by Walter. During her convalescence she realizes that she loves her husband and the two are reconciled. Because of the fire, Walter's father at last resolves to improve conditions at his factory.

Cast

Madison directing Her Bitter Cup

Production

Once Cleo Madison achieved star status at Universal, she lobbied for and was given the chance to direct.[a] After directing numerous short films in 1915, Madison directed two feature films, the second of which was Her Bitter Cup.

Reception

A contemporary review in the trade paper Motion Picture News gave a mixed opinion of the film, acknowledging Madison's skill and the story overall but expressing confusion about the resolution of the plot.[4] In Moving Picture World, the review also expressed reservations, "The story is quite strong in some respects, but certain features seem to lack proper significance."[5] The review in the New York Clipper was unfavorable and summed up bluntly, "It's so bad it's funny."[6]

References

  1. ^ Universal is known for its early female directors; between 1914 and 1919 the studio credited 11 women with directorial duties.[3]

Citations

  1. ^ "Her Bitter Cup". Catalog of Feature Films. American Film Institute. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
  2. ^ "Her Bitter Cup/Cleo Madison". American Silent Feature Film Database. Library of Congress. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
  3. ^ Cooper, Mark Garrett (September 27, 2013). "Cleo Madison". In Jane Gaines; Radha Vatsal; Monica Dall'Asta (eds.). Women Film Pioneers Project. Columbia University Libraries. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
  4. ^ Milne, Peter (April 8, 1916). "Her Bitter Cup". Screen Examinations. Motion Picture News. 13 (14): 2062. Retrieved 2015-06-29.
  5. ^ "Universal Film Mfg. Company Specials". Comments on the Films. Moving Picture World. 28 (4): 648. April 22, 1916. Retrieved 2015-10-20.
  6. ^ "Her Bitter Cup". Picture Play Reports. New York Clipper. LXIV (8): 37. April 1, 1916. Retrieved 2015-10-20.

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