The Lure of Heart's Desire
Cast & Crew
Francis J. Grandon
Edmund Breese
Arthur Hoops
John Mahon
Jeannette Horton
Evelyn Brent
Film Details
Synopsis
Despondent when socialite Ethel Wyndham turns down his marriage proposal because of his working-class status, Jim Carew leaves civilization and goes prospecting in the Yukon. While striking it rich in Alaska, he begins a romance with Little Snowbird, but before settling down with her, he decides to take one last look at life in the big city, and so he goes to New York. At a restaurant there, he sees Ethel, and immediately tells her of his success and proposes once again. Ethel is tempted to accept him until Thomas Martin, who has involved her in a blackmail operation, threatens to expose her if she marries Jim. Once again brokenhearted, Jim returns to Little Snowbird, only to find that, believing that he would never return, she committed suicide. Before dying, however, she gave birth to their daughter, to whom Jim devotes the rest of his life.
Director
Francis J. Grandon
Cast
Edmund Breese
Arthur Hoops
John Mahon
Jeannette Horton
Evelyn Brent
Adolphe Menjou
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Notes
The copyright catalog lists only Hoffman as the writer, while Moving Picture World also lists Grandon. The Alaskan sequences were filmed in the Adirondack Mountains in NY. Metro originally scheduled the film for release on February 28, 1916 before advancing the release date.
