The Fourth Commandment


1927

Film Details

Release Date
Mar 20, 1927
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "The Fourth Commandment" by Emilie Johnson (publication undetermined).

Synopsis

Following a reversal in the Graham family fortune, a childhood love affair between Gordon Graham and Marjorie Miller is frustrated by the socially ambitious Mrs. Miller. After graduation from college, Gordon marries Virginia; and 4 years after the birth of their child, Virginia, eager to return to work, accepts her mother-in-law's offer to live with them and care for Sonny. Jealous of Mrs. Graham for stealing her child's affections, she reproaches her and leaves with Sonny. Virginia then marries Stoneman, her employer, but when he is imprisoned on embezzlement charges, she is left destitute. Taken in by Sonny and his wife, she in turn excites the young wife's jealousy; and when the couple move to Paris, Virginia decides to pass out of their lives. While attending an architectural convention in Paris, Gordon and Marjorie (now his wife) are recognized by the haggard woman, but she dies in the street before she can reach them.

Film Details

Release Date
Mar 20, 1927
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Universal Pictures
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the short story "The Fourth Commandment" by Emilie Johnson (publication undetermined).

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