Name: Joan of the Woods
Released: 1918
Cast: June Elvidge, John Bowers, George Macquarrie, Walter Pratt Lewis, Albert Hart

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Also Known As

The Judge

Release Date

Jul 22, 1918

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

World Film Corp.

Distribution Company

World Film Corp.

Country

United States

Synopsis

When lawyer Philip Wentworth goes hunting in the woods to escape a brokenheart, he meets and later marries Joan Travers. Philip brings Joan to the city, but soon deserts her to resume an affair with his old flame, who is now married. Some months later, Joan dies of grief, leaving her baby daughter, also named Joan, to be raised by a pawnbroker and his wife. Eventually Philip helps his mistress to obtain a divorce and then marries her. Her son, Norman Dicks, flunks out of college, prompting Philip to send him into the Navy. Before he ships out, however, he meets and secretly marries Joan, who has grown to womanhood. Some time later, Joan is accused of murder after their baby dies because she was unable to care for it. She is taken before Judge Wentworth, who recognizes her as his daughter by the cross she wears around her neck. Norman returns home and the family is reunited.