Compelled to keep house for her father and her younger sister and brother, Martha is deprived of all the pleasures of youth. Ned, who loves her, begs her to elope with him. Martha yields, but while on the way to the minister, decides that her duty lies back home with her father. Heart-broken, Ned leaves for the city.
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Henry Hallam
Hensley - a Widower
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The Girl Without a Soul
Alice Hollister
Martha Hensley - the Elder Daughter
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From the Manger to the Cross
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Anna Q. Nilsson
Ida - Nathanial's Wife
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The Regeneration
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Harry F. Millarde
Ned - Martha's Sweetheart
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The Vampire
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Bob Walker
Frank - Maude's Husband
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Blue Jeans
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Mary Kennedy
Maude - the Younger Daughter
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Yolanda
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Arthur Albertson
Nathanial - the Son
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Robert G. Vignola Director · Frances Marion Writer
United States release May 10, 1915 · Produced in United States
Production
Kalem Company
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · May 10, 1915
Theatrical
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