The Price of Innocence


1919

Film Details

Release Date
May 11, 1919
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Buffalo Motion Picture Corp.
Distribution Company
First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc.
Country
United States

Synopsis

Kind hearted millionaire Old Man Greyson sells Goose Island, off the Maine coast, to religious fisher folk who have established a squatters' settlement there, for three fish. When Greyson dies, the transferred deed is lost. Years later, Greyson's son George finds resistance when he attempts to evict the squatters. He laughs at their "fish story," and sends men to fight, but when he meets Mary Aldron, the beautiful ward of the village minister, George offers to accept her plea for him to withdraw if she will be his house guest for ten days. Humbled by Mary's innocence, George gives up his plans for seduction when she repels his advances. Back at the island, Mary is publicly denounced as a harlot by her once admiring friends. When the man she loves, a former derelict she earlier reformed, also turns against her, Mary seeks refuge with George. After a misunderstanding, she returns to the island, but George pursues and fights to save her from being branded with a gold cross. Mary then accepts George's love.

Film Details

Release Date
May 11, 1919
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Buffalo Motion Picture Corp.
Distribution Company
First National Exhibitors' Circuit, Inc.
Country
United States

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Notes

This was the first film of the Buffalo Film Corp. The character played by Stanley Walpole was called "George Cavendish" and "Roger Carleton" in various reviews. The character played by Anders Randolf was called "Frank Greyson" in one review. The character played by Howard Hall was called "John Greyson" and "Edward Greyson" in some reviews.