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The New Dress 1911
Overview
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
Cast

Wilfred Lucas
Jose

Dorothy West
Marta

W. Chrystie Miller
The Father

Vivian Prescott
The Painted Woman
William J. Butler
The Priest at Wedding

Francis J. Grandon
The Doctor

Alfred Paget
The Fieldhand

Henry Lehrman
The Drinking Companion

Florence La Badie
At Wedding

Kate Bruce
A Friend