Her Husband's Faith is a 1916 American silent short film directed by Lloyd B. Carleton.
Suddenly, things start to unravel when the stranger reveals secrets about Mabel's shadowy past.
[1] Richard Otto and his wife, Mabel, have a joyful marriage and live in a spacious home.
Richard and Mabel Otto decide to throw a big reception to celebrate their good fortune.
After they are comfortable, Willis tells Richard a story about his past relationship with a woman in the criminal underground.
Richard reels in shock and tells Tom—they have a healthy marriage, share a son, and have a wonderful life.
Richard tells Mable the man had asked for money and then concocted some cock-and-bull story about her being an underworld member.
Richard states he never accepted the Willis story and completely believed in his wife's version of her past.
[5] There was a recurring claim that Carl Laemmle was the longest-running studio chief resisting the production of feature films.
[c] Carl Laemmle released 100 feature-length films in 1916, as stated in Clive Hirschhorn's book, The Universal Story.
[14] Carleton arrived with impeccable credentials, having directed some 60 films for the likes of Thanhouser, Lubin, Fox, and Selig.
[15] Between March and December 1916, 44-year-old Lloyd Carleton directed 16 movies for Universal, starting with The Yaqui and ending with The Morals of Hilda.
Carleton was given the task by Carl Laemmle to determine if the Davenport-Johnson duo had the desired on-screen chemistry.
[29][30] On March 15, 1915,[31] Laemmle opened the world's largest motion picture production facility, Universal City Studios.
An item published in the Motion Picture News on April 22, 1916, stated: When films enter production, they need the means to reference the project.
A newspaper ad[45] shows Her Husband's Faith playing along with two short comedies: In the May 13, 1916 issue of the Motion Picture News, a reviewer opines:[48] "Emory Johnson, Dorothy Davenport, and Trockwood Crittenden are the leads in this averagely strong release.
"In the June 3, 1916, issue of The Wilmington Morning Star, an article reads:[49] "Dorothy Davenport makes her first reappearance in Universal Picture's great two real hard-throbbing dramatic master picture, "Her Husband's Faith," costarring with Emery Johnson.
"In the June 13, 1916, issue of The Tampa Tribune, an article states:[50] "Dorothy Davenport, starring in Her Husband's Faith, gives an unusually brilliant performance as a wife with the past that confronts her after she thought it lived down.
Confronted by her old lover of the underworld and her husband, she successfully holds the affections of the latter and brings a thrilling scene to a happy ending.