The Maid of Belgium
Cast & Crew
George Archainbaud
Alice Brady
Louise De Rigney
George Macquarrie
Richard Clarke
Lotta Burnell
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Crazed by the war horrors that she has experienced, Adoree, a young Belgian girl, is found by the Hudsons, a wealthy American couple who take the amnesia-stricken girl back to the United States with them. Soon after, Roger Hudson is called away to business in South America, and when his wife Claire discovers that Adoree is pregnant, she convinces the girl to allow the Hudsons to claim the child as theirs. The child is born and Dr. Thorn cables Hudson to come home because his wife has given birth. Meanwhile, Adoree, longing for her baby, steals the infant and disappears. Finding the girl's coat near a lake, Hudson assumes that she has drowned and dynamites the lake in order to locate her body. The explosions restore Adoree's memory, and she recalls her marriage to the Vicomte Jean de Michelet, who happens to be in town raising money for Belgian relief. The vicomte is brought to his wife and the family is happily reunited.
Director
George Archainbaud
Cast
Alice Brady
Louise De Rigney
George Macquarrie
Richard Clarke
Lotta Burnell
Anthony Merlo
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Trivia
Notes
The original title of this film was The Refugee. The film was also called A Maid of Belgium and was entered into the copyright catalog under this title. Some scenes were shot on the estate of a prominent New York banker on Long Island Sound, according to publicity for the film. The film opened in New York in October 1917. According to Wid's, Roy L. McCardell was the author of the story.
