Restitution
Cast & Crew
Howard Gaye
Lois Gardner
Eugene Corey
Alfred Garcia
Frank Whitson
Amy Jerome
Film Details
Synopsis
After Adam and Eve are banished from the Garden of Eden, man is reduced to vassalage, and Satan assumes a determining role in human affairs. Man's struggles against Satan are depicted through the biblical stories of Cain and Abel, Abraham and Sarah, and the life, temptation and crucifixion of Christ. In the first century, A.D., Nero tortures the Christians. Satan introduces internecine warfare within the Church, culminating in the Inquisition. Napoleon rises and repudiates the theory of kings ruling by divine right. America is established by the providential arrangement of God so that people could worship according to the dictates of their own conscience. In the present day, Satan seeks to regain his power by recourse to the ancient theory of the divine right of kings, and joins forces with a "Modern Ruler," (Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany), but Columbia beats autocracy. Christ conquers Satan, who is condemned to eternal death, and Abraham, reincarnated through Christ, restores the dead to life.
Director
Howard Gaye
Cast
Lois Gardner
Eugene Corey
Alfred Garcia
Frank Whitson
Amy Jerome
Pomeroy Cannon
Frederick Vroom
Mabel Harvey
Harold Quintin Driscoll
Howard Gaye
F. A. Turner
John Steppling
Mary Wise
C. Norman Hammond
Venita Fitzhugh
Edward Cecil
Virginia Chester
Jack Cosgrave
C. E. Collins
Georgia French
Yvonne Chappella
Crew
Film Details
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The pre-release titles of this film were God's To-morrow and By Super Strategy. According to news items, this was the first release of the Mena Film Co., its production period lasted six months, more than fifty sets were used, and exhibition prints were to be colored. Yvonne Chappella was a popular choreographer and dancer, credited with creating the "Lotus" dance. The print of this film in the AFI/Library of Congress Collection is entitled The Conquering Christ. The film, under this title, was presented by Ideal Pictures, which copyrighted films between 1928 and 1934. The date of release under this last title has not been located. Sources conflict concerning the film's length, which is variously given as nine, ten, and twelve reels. One source credits Virginia Chester with the role of "Columbia." Howard Gaye also played Jesus in D. W. Griffith's Intolerance.
