Name: The Little 'Fraid Lady
Released: 1920
Cast: Mae Marsh, Tully Marshall, Kathleen Kirkham, Charles Meredith, Herbert Prior

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Also Known As

The Girl Who Lived in the Woods

Release Date

Dec 14, 1920

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Robertson-Cole Co.

Distribution Company

Robertson-Cole Distributing Corp.

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the novel The Girl Who Lived in the Woods by Marjorie Benton Cooke (Chicago, 1910).

Synopsis

Cecelia Carne, dubbed "the little 'fraid lady" because she shuns society, seeks the solitude of the forest in order to perfect her talents as a painter. By chance one day, Cecelia wanders into the estate of Judge Peter Carteret where she meets Saxton Graves, who is assisting the judge in decorating his house. Recognizing her talent, Saxton hires Cecelia and soon falls in love with the artist. While working at the judge's, Cecelia learns that he is about to try a case in which Giron, a notorious bootlegger, is implicated. This information disconcerts Cecelia because Giron is her father. Complications follow when Giron appears and attempts to blackmail Carteret with a bribery charge, but Cecelia testifies against her father when he makes accusations of improper relations between her and the judge. Giron, realizing that he is to be convicted, shoots himself, clearing the path for his daughter's happiness with Saxton.