The Christian
Cast & Crew
Frederick A. Thomson
Earle Williams
Edith Storey
Harry S. Northrup
James Morrison
Jane Fearnley
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Synopsis
When his sweetheart, Glory Quayle, becomes a successful actress on the London stage, John Storm enters a monastery. He cannot forget Glory, however, and leaves the cloister to establish a settlement house in the London slums. When Glory, who is now his neighbor, tells him about her friend Polly who is pregnant with the debauched Lord Robert Ure's child, John commands Ure to marry Polly. The jaded Ure is infuriated by John's presumption and instead marries Vera, a rich American. When John publicly exposes Ure, the lord gets his revenge by circulating a rumor that John has predicted that the world will end on Derby Day. Riots break out in the slums, but eventually Glory is able to convince the people that John is innocent of Ure's accusation and she and John decide to spend their lives together.
Director
Frederick A. Thomson
Cast
Earle Williams
Edith Storey
Harry S. Northrup
James Morrison
Jane Fearnley
Donald Hall
Edward Kimball
Charles Kent
J. W. Sambrook
James Lackaye
Carlotta De Felice
Alberta Gallatin
Crew
Film Details
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Notes
This film opened at the Manhattan Opera House in New York on March 16, 1914 and moved to the Harris Theatre in May 1914. It was available to the state rights market in either May or June 1914. Viola Allen, the star of the play, agreed to appear in the film, according to a news item, but Vitagraph star Edith Storey took her role instead. Frederick Stanhope, who assisted director Frederick A. Thomson, was a stage director for the Liebler Co. Some scenes in the film were shot at North Scituate, RI; Winthrop Beach, MA; and various places between Boston and Philadelphia. The film was re-released by Greater Vitagraph (V-L-S-E, Inc.) in 1917. Goldwyn Pictures released a film based on the same source in 1923; it was directed by Maurice Tourneur and starred Richard Dix and Mae Busch. (See AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1921-30; F2.0881.)
