Name: The Runaway
Genre: Adaptation
Released: 1917
Cast: Julia Sanderson, Ada St. Claire, Dore Plowden, Jennie Ellison, Norman Trevor

Cast & Crew

Film Details

Genre

Adaptation

Release Date

Sep 24, 1917

Premiere Information

not available

Production Company

Empire All Star Corp.

Distribution Company

Mutual Film Corp.; Mutual Star Productions

Country

United States

Screenplay Information

Based on the play The Runaway by Michael Morton (New York, Oct 1911).

Synopsis

Alice Avery, the orphaned daughter of an actress, is raised to adulthood in a small town by her strict Aunt Jane and Uncle Ezra. When Richard Danforth, an artist, comes to town to rest, Alice falls in love with him. When he leaves, he promises that if Alice comes to New York he will care for her, so Alice decides to follow him there over the objections of her aunt and uncle, who want her to marry a local boy. In New York, Richard is surprised by her appearance and sends for Sarah, Alice's childhood guardian, to look after her. Nancy Arnold, one of Richard's models, is in love with him and is jealous of Alice, just as Alice is jealous of her. When Alice interrupts a quarrel between Richard and Nancy over her, she decides to run away and get a job on the stage. She becomes a famous actress and eventually is found by Richard, who realizes that he is in love with her. She then gives up the stage to become his wife.