The Moral Deadline
Cast & Crew
Travers Vale
June Elvidge
Frank Mayo
Ned Burton
Grace Stevens
Alice Weeks
Film Details
Synopsis
While walking in Central Park, Evelyn Merrill, a shop girl, meets Hal Oaker when he retrieves her blown-off hat from a stream. Inadvertently, Hal gives Evelyn the card of the man who earlier crashed into his taxi, and after a few dates, they marry, although Hal keeps the other name because he fears the reaction of his father, a wealthy financier who wants him to marry a society girl. After Oaker convinces Hal to leave Evelyn for a year to test the strength of their love, Oaker tries unsuccessfully to pay Evelyn to divorce Hal. Hal is shanghaied by sailors, while Evelyn has their child and becomes a dancer to support it. In order to raise money for an operation to save her baby's life, Evelyn dances at a disreputable Eastside café, which the Vice Society, led by Hal's mother, and the police raid. Hal, having become a reporter after escaping the sailors, defends Evelyn and begs her forgiveness.
Director
Travers Vale
Cast
June Elvidge
Frank Mayo
Ned Burton
Grace Stevens
Alice Weeks
Jane Sterling
Muriel Ostriche
Gertrude Webber
Louis Grizel
Louise Dupre
Joseph Smiley
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