“"Based on the novel by H. Rider Haggard"”
Silas Croft was a kindly old Englishman who had a farm in South Africa. With him resided his two nieces, whom he had taken from their drunken, worthless father when they were of a tender age. Jess, the elder, was brilliant and educated; Bess, the younger was beautiful, but frankly admitted that she did not possess the mental attainments of Jess. The two were great friends, and Jess, although the senior by only three years, had almost a motherly affection for her pretty little sister. Croft, finding old age stealing upon him, advertised for a partner, stipulating that he must be a gentleman. Probably it was his secret idea that the right man might come along, and fall in love with his favorite, beautiful Bessie.
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Cast
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Marguerite Snow
Jess
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Tannhäuser
Florence La Badie
Jess's Sister, Bess
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Man Without a Country
James Cruze
Captain John Neil
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Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
The Cry of the Children
William Russell
Frank Muller, the Treacherous Boer
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A Sporting Chance
The Masked Heart
William Garwood
The Lawyer
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The Evidence of the Film
The Little Girl Next Door
Harry Spear
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Railroadin'
Small Talk
Jean Darnell
The Doctor's Sister
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The Farmer's Daughters
His Uncle's Wives
Harry Marks
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Alice in Wonderland
Star of Bethlehem
George Nichols Director · H. Rider Haggard Story
United States release May 21, 1912 · Produced in United States, Italy · Languages No dialogue, Spanish
Production
Thanhouser Company
Production
United States · Italy
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue · Spanish
Release dates
United States · May 21, 1912
Theatrical
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