The Price of Divorce

A doctor working in an English country town lives with his wife, his eight year old son and his female cousin who works as his secretary. His blonde wife has a lover and she wants a divorce. She and her lover devise a plot to make it appear her husband is unfaithful. The husband is travelling with his secretary and finds he has run out of petrol. They are forced to stay the night at Ye Sweete Content Inn which only has one room. The secretary sleeps in the room and the husband sleeps downstairs sharing the inns living room with an eccentric Scotsman . During the night the lover tops up the husbands car with petrol. The wife and her lover arrive in the morning and accuse them of adultery. The only witness, the Scotsman has left. The case goes to court and the wife is granted a divorce and custody of the son. Things look bad for the husband who begins to fall in love with his secretary. The son runs away from his mother to be with his father again. The son has been beaten by the wifes lover. A servant offers to give evidence that the wife and lover are having an affaire. This prevents the divorce becoming final. The husband sees he can now have custody of his son but must take his wife back too. The Scotsman appears and offers to give evidence. The husband can now divorce his wife and keep his son. The film ends on a note of smug religiosity. A technically well made silent film, but very dated in subject matter. The story is all there but some of the editing is rough.