The Claim
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Frank Reicher
Director
Edith Storey
Belle Jones
Wheeler Oakman
John MacDonald
Mignon Anderson
Kate MacDonald
Marian Skinner
Pansy Bryan
Paul Weigel
Mike Bryan
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Mar
18,
1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Claim by Charles Kenyon, Frank Dare (New York, 9 Oct 1917).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels
Synopsis
"Blackie" Jerome, a gambler, abandons his wife Belle and baby Goldie to marry the wealthy Kate MacDonald. Kate's brother John, having learned about Blackie's wife, kills Blackie just as Belle arrives. Belle, unable to support her child, abandons little Goldie and becomes a cabaret singer. Several years later Belle, in need of money so that she can be trained as an opera singer, blackmails John and Kate, who have adopted Goldie. When she sees her daughter, Belle tearfully destroys the check and takes the child with her but, in response to Goldie's pleas, soon returns her to the MacDonalds. John professes his love for Belle and the two marry.
Director
Frank Reicher
Director
Cast
Edith Storey
Belle Jones
Wheeler Oakman
John MacDonald
Mignon Anderson
Kate MacDonald
Marian Skinner
Pansy Bryan
Paul Weigel
Mike Bryan
Fred Malatesta
Ted "Blackie" Jerome
Film Details
Genre
Adaptation
Release Date
Mar
18,
1918
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the play The Claim by Charles Kenyon, Frank Dare (New York, 9 Oct 1917).
Technical Specs
Sound
Silent
Color
Black and White
Film Length
5 reels
