Destiny; or, the Soul of a Woman
Cast & Crew
Edwin Carewe
Emily Stevens
George Le Guere
Walter Hitchcock
Theodore Babcock
Fred Stone
Film Details
Synopsis
When Standish, an artist, discovers that his wife Mary has a "past," he turns her and their baby boy out. Mary leaves the baby on the steps of a monastery and becomes the proprietress of a resort called "The House of Lost Souls." Seventeen years later, the boy decides to become a priest, but only after he has tasted life outside the church walls. Curiosity brings him to the House of Lost Souls, where he is tempted by Avarice, Lust, Rum, Passion and Beauty. When his mother recognizes the crucifix she had placed around his neck years before, she begs him to leave and then breaks her own associations with the house. Later, the mother, seeking refuge from a raging storm, enters her sons's parish church, and without revealing her identity, dies in his arms.
Director
Edwin Carewe
Cast
Emily Stevens
George Le Guere
Walter Hitchcock
Theodore Babcock
Fred Stone
Howard Truesdell
Henry Bergman
Effingham Pinto
Del Delois
Florence Short
Vivian Oakland
Ralph Austin
Edwin Martin
Edwin Martin
Baby Field
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Notes
This film was re-issued by Metro Pictures Corporation in 1918. It was also known as Destiny and as The Soul of a Woman. According to a news item, Destiny was an original play by Anthony Paul Kelly, which had not been produced on stage.
