Belle of the Harvest

• 1909
• Other, Drama

Harvesting operations and exquisite views of romantic rural scenery form the setting of this sound moral-teaching picture story of a peasant and his wife, whose failings almost result in the wrecking of a peaceful home. The vain woman is charmed with a shawl, which she purchases against the expressed commands of her husband; disobedience leads to an angry quarrel. The man leaves borne and become enamored of a pretty girl, whom he had previously met in the harvest field. Love passages between the couple are detected, and the resultant village gossip reaches the ears of the peasant's wife. Taking her children she goes in search of her husband and proves the truth of the rumors. A dramatic scene follows. The wife confronts the pair, and states her case to the pretty harvest girl, who had never suspected the peasant of being already married. She firmly teaches him his duty, and the shutter falls upon a touching scene of reconciliation.