17 minutes
6/28/1913
The orthodox mother's indomitable will dwarfed the child's individuality, defeating the very purpose it would attain. The girl ran away with an actor and the fearful prayer, "If I ever speak to that man again, may God strike my mother blind," was fulfilled, but in the end the woman was saved from herself.
Jennie Lee
as The Mother
Dorothy Gish
as The Daughter
Henry B. Walthall
as The Actor
Charles Hill Mailes
as The Minister / Medicine Show Patron
Robert Harron
as The Messenger / Medicine Show Patron / In Church
Adolph Lestina
as The Justice of the Peace / In Church
Joseph McDermott
as The Delivery Man
Kathleen Butler
as The Nursemaid / In Church