Sweet Alyssum
5.3
“The story of a girl whose mother loved luxury more than honor and the havoc it wrought.”
The boss of iron worker Roanoke Brooks (Power), is having an affair with his wife (Kathlyn Williams). Eventually she commits suicide and her lover dies in an accident. Roanoke lavishes all his love and attention on his daughter (Edith Johnson). As a young woman she goes to the West where she meets the son of the man who broke up her father's marriage.
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Cast
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Tyrone Power Sr.
Roanoke Brooks
Known for
The Big Trail
Kathlyn Williams
Daisy Brooks
Also in
The Whispering Chorus
Our Dancing Daughters
Colin Campbell
Charles Major
William Nicholas Selig
Tyrone Power Sr
Roanoke Brooks
Edith Johnson
Sweet Alyssum
Also in
The Scarlet Car
Smashing Barriers
Gilson Willets
Wheeler Oakman
Wynne Garlan
Also in
Outside the Law
Gambling with Souls
Harry Lonsdale
Thurlow
Also in
Little Orphant Annie
All on Account of Checkers
Frank Clark
Robert Garlan
Also in
Wolf Blood
The Mate of the Alden Bessie
Baby Jean Fraser
Sweet Alyssum as a Child (as Baby Frazer)
Also in
The Baby and the Leopard
Colin Campbell Director · Gilson Willets Writer Charles Major Story
United States release November 15, 1915 · Produced in United States
Production
Selig Polyscope Company
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · November 15, 1915
Theatrical
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