The New Dress

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.

Director

D.W. Griffith

Written by

Grace Henderson

Studio

Biograph Company

Released

15 May 1911

Genres

Romance