The Awakening of Ruth
Cast & Crew
Edward H. Griffith
Shirley Mason
George J. Forth
Joseph Burke
William Hayes
Donald Hall
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Synopsis
Ruth Hoagland grows up on the Florida Keys with no companion other than her father, a half-witted fisherman who spends most of his time hunting for buried treasure. Vacationing yachtsman Bob Winthrop and Ruth fall in love, but Winthrop returns to New York, and after a year, has forgotten Ruth. After finding two chests in a cave, Ruth locates her father unconscious from a fall. She goes to the mainland for help, but returns with the Reverend Josiah Arbuthnot and Dr. William Strong, to find her father dead. Strong, out of kindness, offers to marry her, but Ruth declines, sure that Winthrop will return. She offers to divide the chests with Strong and Arbuthnot, but after Strong discovers they are worthless, he withdraws his savings, and gives Ruth money to develop her voice in New York, saying that it came from selling the chests' contents. After Ruth learns of Winthrop's affair with a musical comedy star, she returns to the island to prepare for her Broadway debut. When Ruth discovers Strong's sacrifice for her, she realizes his love, and marries him.
Director
Edward H. Griffith
Cast
Shirley Mason
George J. Forth
Joseph Burke
William Hayes
Donald Hall
Sally Crute
Jessie Stevens
Edward Elkas
David Davies
Caroline Lee
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Notes
The working title of this film was The Girl from the Sea. This was the first feature release of Perfection Pictures, which was owned by George K. Spoor of Essanay, Thomas A. Edison and George Kleine, and used the "Perfection Process," a new invention for the development of film, which was advertised as having been the result of four years of experiments by scientists and laboratory experts, and promised images which excelled in clearness and brilliancy. A letter in the George Kleine Papers implies that a Mr. Sloane worked on the treatment of this film. This May be a reference to scenarist Paul H. Sloane. While reviews for the film credit Donald MacClennan with the role of "Bob Winthrop," a print of the film in the Library of Congress credits George J. Forth with the role. Information from the George Kleine Papers indicates that MacClennan was originally scheduled to play the role of Winthrop.
