在这部The Rehearsal短片/剧情片中,
Cecil King, a young playwright, sees a girl attacked by footpads, and rescues her. She is an orphan, Evelyn Payne, the daughter of a former great actress. King takes her to the studio building in which he lives and introduces her to Mabel Grey, his fiancée, an artist with a studio across the hall from his own. Mabel, with ill grace, consents to take care of Evelyn for a few days. Cecil requests his mother and sister, who live in the country, to take the girl in, and when they consent, Evelyn goes home with them. Cecil takes his play to a manager, who reports that, while it has a good idea, it is not rightly constructed. On hearing of his disappointment, Mabel tells Cecil that she has no time for a failure, but he vows always to wear her picture, for her memory will inspire him. But success does not come, and he returns home. Evelyn finds his discarded play in a waste basket, and is so moved by one of the scenes she begins to enact the principal role. Cecil overhears her and she ...
