The Lesson
"The Lesson" is no wild-eyed sensation no sex story, nor a blood-curdling melodrama: it is a comedy of "real folks."
1918 | 50m | English
Popularity: 0.3 (history)
| Director: | Charles Giblyn |
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| Writer: | Charles Giblyn, Virginia Terhune Vandewater |
| Staring: |
| Bored by the slow pace of life in her little home town, Helen Drayton rebels when her friends and relatives assume that she will marry her friend and escort, Chet Vernon. Helen is so anxious to experience life in the big city that she falls in love with visiting New York architect John Galvin almost immediately after his arrival. Several weeks later, the two marry and move to New York, where, after a series of painful experiences, Helen finally realizes John's selfishness. | |
| Release Date: | May 01, 1918 |
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| Director: | Charles Giblyn |
| Writer: | Charles Giblyn, Virginia Terhune Vandewater |
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| Keywords | presumed lost |
| Production Companies | Select Pictures Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 19, 2026 Entered: May 05, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Constance Talmadge | Helen Drayton |
| Tom Moore | Chet Vernon |
| Walter Hiers | 'Tub' Martin |
| Herbert Heyes | John Galvin |
| Joseph W. Smiley | Henry Hammond |
| Dorothy Green | Ada Thompson |
| Lillian Rambeau | Mrs. Hammond |
| Christy Walker | Harriet Reeves |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Charles Giblyn | Director, Scenario Writer, Adaptation |
| Virginia Terhune Vandewater | Story |
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| 2024 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2024 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
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| 2024 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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