The Storm Woman Filming Locations

Over a plate of beans in a cheap restaurant, an elderly reporter, in reply to a question from a cub about a mysterious woman in black and her fortune-telling parakeets, relates the following story: "Fifteen years ago Maria and Nina Martelli lived with their old father in Italy. Maria, the older girl, had known care but not tragedy, and Nina, a gay lass of 16, was wholly irresponsible. Guy Trumbull, supposed by his wealthy parents to be touring Italy, but held in the village because of a chance meeting with Nina, had fallen in love with her and she was in love with him. He bought her a pair of parakeets and Nina adored the birds because he bought them. The days flew into the past, and Guy transferred his affections to Maria. One day he told her that he loved her, not Nina, and pleaded with her to go to America with him. Maria repulsed him, but he grabbed her into his arms and was kissing her when Nina came upon them. Nina screamed and fought her sister. Then throwing herself on Guy's neck, she told him he couldn't go away and leave her. The father heard, and understood, and later the truth dawned upon Maria. Maria snatched the whip from her father, and as he threatened her with his fist, he clutched his heart and sank to the ground, dead. That night Nina slipped from the house and before Maria could stop her, threw herself over a cliff. She did not die, but her body was broken past help. Then the desire for vengeance grew in Maria's heart, and after years of saving, they came to New York, where Trumbull lived. Maria set herself to haunt Trumbull. Everywhere he went he saw her - a ghost of his own cruelty - and at last his body was found with Maria gloating over it. The coroner's verdict was heart disease, so they could not hold Maria for the murder, but the truth was that Trumbull had died of fear. As the two men went out of the restaurant they saw that it was raining heavily. The cub went across the street and asked the woman in black if he could go with her and meet her invalid sister. The woman thought the young man was joking and told him that she was going home to her husband and children. She pointed to a huge umbrella, which lifted, showing four lusty youngsters, and a large and husky Italian. "What's the idea?" demanded the cub, crossing over again the the older man, who was laughing. "Well, I thought that was a pretty good story for a cup of coffee and a plate of beans." Moving Picture World, October 6, 1917