Eyes of the Totem
Cast & Crew
W. S. Van Dyke
Wanda Hawley
Tom Santschi
Anne Cornwall
Gareth Hughes
Bert Woodruff
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Synopsis
Mariam Hardy persuades her husband to sell his rich Alaska claim and return to civilization for the sake of her child, Betty, but before they arrive a strange man stabs her husband and steals his money. Friendless and without funds, she and the child walk the streets of Tacoma; Uncle Toby, a "blind" beggar, saves the child from a runaway team and persuades Mariam to disguise herself as a blind beggar; and at the bench under a vast totem pole, she awaits the sight of the murderer's eyes. With her earnings, years later, she is able to send Betty to a fashionable seminary. Mariam recognizes Philip La Rue, operator of a cafe, as the villain; through a faked accident he meets Betty and Bruce Huston, her beau. Betty accepts an invitation to tea, but Bruce and the police arrive in time to save her from his attack; La Rue is killed, and Mariam is happily reunited with her daughter.
Director
W. S. Van Dyke
Cast
Wanda Hawley
Tom Santschi
Anne Cornwall
Gareth Hughes
Bert Woodruff
Monte Wax
Violet Palmer
Mary Louise Jones
Dorothy Llewellyn
Nell Barry Taylor
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Notes
The working title of this film was The Totem Pole Beggar . Some sources reviewed it under the title The Eyes of Totem.
