Fifteen years pass and Polixenes confronts and then secretly follows his son, appearing as he declares his intention to marry a shepherdess.

Mourning and repentant for his past actions, Leontes learns the shepherdess is his daughter and blesses the marriage of the lovers.

The cast includes Anna Rosemond, Frank H. Crane and Martin Faust, but the directorial and production credits for the film are unknown.

The production was a success for the Thanhouser Company and the film was met with positive reception following its May 27, 1910 release.

The film is a shortened single reel adaption of the play The Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare.

In prison, Hermione gives birth to a daughter and sends it to her husband, hoping to quell his anger.

The royal party is invited to Paulina's house to view a statue of the late queen Hermoine.

At the party, Hermoine disguised as a statue, extend her hand and surprises the grieving Leontes, who then rejoices.

Barry O'Neil was the stage name of Thomas J. McCarthy, who would direct many important Thanhouser pictures, including its first two-reeler, Romeo and Juliet.

[4] Blair Smith was the first cameraman of the Thanhouser company, but he was soon joined by Carl Louis Gregory who had years of experience as a still and motion picture photographer.

[3] The Thanhouser adaption notably foregoes the famous Shakespearean stage directions: Exit, pursued by a bear.

[1] The surviving fragment in the Library of Congress is 12 minutes 35 seconds long, but it does not include the final scene with the disguised Queen of Sicilia.

The Moving Picture News stated that this was the first Shakespeare adaptation by an Independent producer and said, "We were asked to inspect and criticize this film, and there was nothing for us to do but give our full approval and applause, which we do right heartily.