The New Dress

1911 17 min EN U.S.

Directed by D.W. Griffith ♦

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Synopsis

Marta asks her husband Jose to buy her a new dress she saw at the market. On his way home, he goes with a friend to a saloon and drunkenly gives the dress to a barmaid. At home Jose tells his wife he lost the dress. She retraces his steps and finds the barmaid modeling her new dress. Faced with the truth, she goes mad.

Cast Crew Production

Wilfred Lucas
as Jose
Dorothy West
as Marta
W. Chrystie Miller
as The Father
Vivian Prescott
as The Painted Woman
Francis J. Grandon
as The Doctor
Alfred Paget
as The Fieldhand
Henry Lehrman
as The Drinking Companion
Florence La Badie
as At Wedding
Kate Bruce
as A Friend
Joseph Graybill
as At Wedding/At Market/At Cafe