Her Birthday Surprise - Production & Contact Info (original) (raw)

Just how she happened to marry on her birthday, she could only attribute to an accident because the coincidence occurred to her only after the happy event. However, her artist-husband kept this thought in mind when the time arrived for the...See moreJust how she happened to marry on her birthday, she could only attribute to an accident because the coincidence occurred to her only after the happy event. However, her artist-husband kept this thought in mind when the time arrived for the celebration of their first wedding anniversary and planned a little surprise for his dear little spouse. Hubby decided the most pleasing present he could bestow on his lovely wife would be a beautiful portrait of her, painted by himself. How to execute the work without a suitable model was the next problem to solve. At last he took the housemaid in his confidence and secretly used her as a model, fitted out in his wife's apparel. After a time, people began to gossip about a strange woman who posed in the artist's studio, behind lock and key. The wife began to hear these comments and her father, mother, sister and brother joined the village mob in denouncing the disloyal and erring husband. The portrait was nearly finished, but to divert suspicion, a change of models must be made, so the cook was pressed into service and the work continued in a small house in the outskirts of town. But the family tracked him there and through the key-hole saw him kissing the picture he was working on. Then they burst in the room and confronted him with his guilt. Of course you can imagine what happened when they saw the portrait. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less