The Law of Nature
Cast & Crew
David G. Fischer
Frances Nemoyer
Vincent Coleman
Dixie Lee
Harold Salter
David G. Fischer
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Synopsis
A prologue shows Pestilence and Vice dispatched to the world centuries ago by evil influences to combat the work of Honor and Integrity. In the main story, Guy Bolton, a West Point cadet, falls for the allure of model Gene Moore, after drinking wine at a Bohemian gathering. Guy's fiancée, Aileen Allison, the daughter of a prohibition crusading Senator, breaks their engagement, but when Guy promises abstention, they marry. After Aileen's friend, Dr. Owen Sherwood diagnoses her baby's deformity as a result of Guy's drinking, Guy resumes imbibing and debauchery with Gene, while Sherwood comforts Aileen. Drinking also ruins the promising career of artist Paul Vanderbeck, and the reputation of Paul's daughter Lili, who lives with Gene. After a wild night of carousing, Lili pushes her companion, Harry Beaumont, a friend of Guy's, from a taxi and he dies. Although everyone is exonerated, Guy, shaken by the deaths of Harry and his own child, vows permanent reform and reconciles with Aileen. Paul and Lili renounce liquor and become farmers.
Director
David G. Fischer
Cast
Frances Nemoyer
Vincent Coleman
Dixie Lee
Harold Salter
David G. Fischer
Virginia Thorne
Ashton Newton
Crew
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Notes
This was the first film by David G. Fischer Productions, Inc. According to titles in the beginning of the film, data on which the story was based was given by Captain Richmond Pearson Hobson, an ex-Congressman from Alabama, who achieved fame during a naval exploit in the Spanish-American War, and who was one of the most ardent advocates of prohibition. There was a pre-release screening of the film in New York on January 13, 1919. Aywon Film Corp. took over distribution to state rights exchanges from Arrow Film Corp. in September 1919.
