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The Finishing Touch (1916)
Short | Short, Drama

The Finishing Touch (1916)

Short | Short, Drama

Sam Newlands, leader of a gang, is a man who needs no one to settle his disputes. His wife Irene is timid. Saturday is generally marked by the return of the father from his carousing friends, broke and drunk. At last Irene's heart rebels ...See moreSam Newlands, leader of a gang, is a man who needs no one to settle his disputes. His wife Irene is timid. Saturday is generally marked by the return of the father from his carousing friends, broke and drunk. At last Irene's heart rebels when her husband roughly shoves her aside and starts out for one of his weekly revelries. As she thinks over the indignities she suffers, her eye lights on a rifle and she gets an idea. Sam returns home that night and meets the surprise of his life: meek Irene is transformed, and when he roughly orders her to do something, she covers him with the rifle and orders him to throw up his hands. She then lowers the gun and binds him securely to a piece of furniture. She has hidden a whip, and now she brings it forth and uses it on her drunken husband. When she is exhausted, she unties him and leaves him to wash his cuts and bruises. Sam determines to seek out Irene and punish her for punishing him. He slips into the next room and finds Irene cuddling her child and singing it to sleep. Sam realizes how meanly he has acted and he good-naturedly says he guesses he deserved his whipping. The next day is quite different: instead of hurrying away with his friends to the saloon, Sam pauses in indecision. While his friends plead, Sam hears his wife say "Samuel," and with a muttered excuse Sam hurries home to his family. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Rex De Rosselli Sam Newlands Sam Newlands See fewer	Rescued by Wireless (1914)
Marjorie Ellison Irene Newlands Irene Newlands See fewer	The Man Who Disappeared (1914)
Buddy McQuoid Danny Danny See fewer	A Double-Dyed Deceiver (1920)
Juanita Hansen Actress Actress See fewer	Broadway Love (1918)