The Sage Hen
Cast & Crew
Edgar Lewis
Gladys Brockwell
Wallace Macdonald
Richard Headrick
Lillian Rich
Alfred Allen
Film Details
Synopsis
Jane Croft is the subject of much malicious gossip in Silver Creek, Arizona, in 1880, and is called "The Sage Hen." The Home Purity League drives her out of town with her son, John. She sends him back to town on a horse when they are attacked by Indians. There he is adopted by the Rudds; and when they move away, Jane loses contact with her son for 20 years. In the meantime, she becomes housekeeper to George Sanson and a "mother" to his daughter, Stella. A gold rush brings John back as a lieutenant of cavalry. He falls in love with Stella, but Craney, a gambler, threatens to expose Jane's past unless she gives Stella to him. The father is killed, but John saves his mother and Stella from further peril. Jane confesses her past to her son and is able to find happiness after years of sorrow.
Director
Edgar Lewis
Cast
Gladys Brockwell
Wallace Macdonald
Richard Headrick
Lillian Rich
Alfred Allen
Arthur Morrison
Edgar Lewis
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Notes
"The peculiar title of this picture is derived from the name which it was customary to give women of doubtful character back in the days when the gold fever hit one Arizona town after another" (Motion Picture News, 22 January 1921).
