The Soul of a Magdalen


1917

Film Details

Release Date
May 14, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Popular Plays and Players, Inc.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States

Synopsis

Heloise Broulette, the sole support of her invalid mother and young crippled brother, is forced to become the mistress of libertine Leland Norton in order to secure the money for an operation to save her mother's life. Mrs. Broulette recovers, but when she discovers the real source of her daughter's income, the news kills her. After her mother's death, Heloise leaves her career behind and goes to the country where she takes a job as a secretary to author Carter Vail, who falls in love with her. Ruth finds herself in a dilemma when Vail's sister Alice visits friends in the city and falls in love with Norton. Honor bound, Ruth sacrifices her own happiness to save Alice from Norton. In revenge, Norton informs Vail of Heloise's past, but Vail responds that she has the soul of a Magdalene despite the life that she had been forced to endure.

Film Details

Release Date
May 14, 1917
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
Popular Plays and Players, Inc.
Distribution Company
Metro Pictures Corp.
Country
United States

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The film was entered into the copyright register under the title The Soul of Magdalen and was also called The Soul of a Magdalene.