Maud and Cecil have been in love since they were children in the pre-Civil War South, but Howard, Maud's domineering brother, disapproves of a marriage between them. Instead, he has chosen English nobleman Lord Lovelace as the ideal fiancé for Maud. On the night that the engagement is to be announced, however, she elopes with Cecil. The runaways are caught, though, after which, because of her loyalty to her brother, Maud sends Cecil away. When the Civil War begins, Howard, Lovelace and Cecil all volunteer, and are all soon reported killed in action. Heartbroken, Maud decides to become a nun, and takes her vows just moments before Cecil, whose death was mistakenly reported, returns from the battlefield and comes to the convent to ask her to marry him.
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Francelia Billington
Maud
Also in
Blind Husbands
The Masked Heart
Rupert Julian
Cecil
Also in
The Dumb Girl of Portici
The Right to Be Happy
Alfred Tennyson
Zoe Rae
Maud - as a Child (as Zoe Bech)
Also in
The Star Prince
The Circus of Life
Gordon Griffith
Cecil - as a Child
Known for
Twenty Minutes of Love
Olga Printzlau
Douglas Gerrard
Lord Lovelace
Known for
Suspense.
Jack Holt
Howard
Known for
Cat People
They Were Expendable
George Hupp
Howard - as a Child
Also in
Little Orphant Annie
Sinbad, the Sailor
Nanine Wright
Cecil's Mother (as Nannie Wright)
Also in
Risky Business
Rosemary Climbs the Heights
Ben Horning
Maud's Father
Also in
The Ninety Black Boxes
Paul Weigel
Cecil's Father
Known for
The Great Dictator
The Invisible Ray
Rupert Julian Director · Olga Printzlau Writer Duke Hayward Cinematographer
United States release May 29, 1916 · Produced in United States · Production Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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Bluebird Photoplays
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Universal Film Manufacturing Company
Production · Distribution
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · May 29, 1916
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United Kingdom
November 13, 1916 · re-titled
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