Ruth Travers, the young niece and ward of Howard Mason, elopes with Chadwick Blake to escape the advances of Gilbert Hilton, whom her uncle wants to force upon her to cover his embezzlement of Ruth's small fortune. She discovers too late that Blake already has a wife but makes the best of the situation until Mason's death, just after he has made a lucky gambling coup, leaves her a little money. Determined to escape, she goes to a small town where minister Daniel Clarkson becomes interested in her. Because James Lawton had sought marriage between Clarkson and his daughter, when Blake turns up, and Lawton learns the story, he denounces Ruth to the minister. When Clarkson learns the truth, he forgives Ruth and, knowing that he will lose his position, he enlists, promising to return and marry her when the war is over.
Directed by James Kirkwood
Your score–
Not scoredCast
Related
The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds
Bastard Out of Carolina
Head Full of Honey
Won't Back Down
I Walk the Line
Girl in the Box
National Theatre Live: Hamlet
Adopt a Highway
Cardboard Boxer
Salomé
The Visit
Imperial Dreams
The Padre
The Unforgivable
The Young One
The Attack