Discord and Harmony

Story

Synopsis

Joy reigns in a colony of struggling artists because Old Felix, a composer, has at last sold one of his symphonies. The night of its initial hearing at the grand opera house the members of the colony turn out en masse. Too poor for orchestra seats, they gather in the gallery around the old composer. The old composer is happy almost to tears, and when the last note has died away there is a cry for the composer. Felix attempts to utter a few words of thanks, but is smothered with flowers. At his studio his friends have prepared for his welcome, and it is upon his arrival there that be feels the happiness which comes of success. However, at the other end of the hall another different drama is being enacted. A girl sits beside her stricken mother, and as the merriment in the studio reaches its height, the soul of the mother departs from the body.

Director

Allan Dwan

Writers

Arthur Rosson

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

16 March 1914

Ensemble

Cast

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  Murdock MacQuarrie

  Old Felix - the Composer

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  Pauline Bush

  The Girl

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  Allan Forrest

  The Artist

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  James Neill

  The Symphony Conductor

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  Lon Chaney

  Lon - the Sculptor