Elinor Shale's happiness at being engaged to Gerald Forster is interrupted by the arrival of her sister Lucy, who confesses that she will soon give birth to an illegitimate child. Elinor goes into seclusion with her sister until the baby is born and then tries to find a foster mother. Seeking to estrange Gerald from Elinor so that she may marry him herself, Lucy convinces him that Elinor is the child's mother. After Lucy and Gerald's marriage, Elinor learns of her sister's perfidy and resolves to tell Gerald the truth, but at the sight of their happiness, she relents and returns home.
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Elsie Ferguson
Elinor Shale
Also in
The Witness for the Defense
Scarlet Pages
David Powell
Gerald Forster
Also in
The Mystery Road
Dangerous Lies
John L. Shine
Sir Robert Shale
Also in
Mrs. Dane's Defense
Man and Woman
Percy Marmont
Nol Dibdin
Known for
Young and Innocent
Rich and Strange
Charles Sutton
Hamp
Also in
The Lighthouse by the Sea
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Bertha Kent
Gibbard
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Maude Turner Gordon
Lady Beachworth
Also in
Shopworn
Ladies' Man
Betty Howe
Lucy Shale
Also in
Wolves of Kultur
Breaking Home Ties
J. Searle Dawley Director · Henry Arthur Jones Author
United States release April 8, 1918 · Produced in United States · Production Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
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Famous Players Film Company
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Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
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United States
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English
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No dialogue
Release dates
United States · April 8, 1918
Theatrical
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