After young Ruth Bowman's mother dies, the child is raised by Agatha Pixley, and in time, the girl falls in love with Agatha's son, Eric. While Eric is at sea with Captain Scudder on a boat owned by Jim and Hiram Hawley, a jealous villager spreads the tale that Ruth is illegitimate, and the townspeople inevitably snub her. Jim Hiram sets his boat on fire after its arrival in port so that he can collect insurance money, and Ruth, believing that Eric is on board, tries to rescue him. When Ruth and Eric escape safely, Captain Scudder reveals that he, Ruth's long-lost father, was legally married to her mother, which re-establishes Ruth's good name and enables her to marry Eric.
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Cast
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Viola Dana
Ruth Bowman
Also in
Buster Keaton: A Hard Act to Follow
That Certain Thing
Clifford Bruce
Eric Pixley
Also in
A Fool There Was
The Perils of Pauline
Mabel Van Buren
Aunt Agatha Pixley
Known for
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Russell Simpson
Captain Scudder
Known for
The Grapes of Wrath
My Darling Clementine
Eugene Pallette
Jim Hawley
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sydney Deane
Hiram Hawley
Also in
The Virginian
The Last of the Mohicans
Gibson Gowland
Mike Burley
Known for
Greed
The Phantom of the Opera
Lorena Foster
Nurse, Eliza
No other roles listed
Helen Jerome Eddy
Agnes Bowman
Known for
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
Mata Hari
Charles Brabin Director · H.P. Keeler Writer
United States release March 25, 1918
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · March 25, 1918
Theatrical
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