What Love Can Do
Cast & Crew
Jay Hunt
Adele Farrington
C. Norman Hammond
Orin C. Jackson
Kingsley Benedict
Mina Cunard
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Synopsis
Widower Calvert Paige leaves his baby daughter Johnnie in New York and goes West where he becomes wealthy as a mine owner and newspaperman. Lil Magill, who came to work on his newspaper, becomes infatuated with Paige, as he is with her, and they become lovers. After several years Lil has become a successful author but Paige has tired of her. Their estrangement grows when Lil takes the side of striking miners against him. Because Johnnie has asked to be with her father, Paige now decides to break his relationship with Lil. He writes both women letters, but accidentally switches them. The result is that Johnnie sees something of what her father is like and resolves to go to him. Lil is fired by Paige because of her closeness with the miners and his growing resentment. When miners threaten violence, Johnnie, who has come to know Lil, begs her to intercede. When Paige sees this, he becomes enraged, but the scene is interrupted by a disgruntled miner who shoots at Paige. Lil throws herself in front of her lover, thus saving his life. In the weeks that follow, Lil recovers and Paige realizes that he still cares for her.
Director
Jay Hunt
Cast
Adele Farrington
C. Norman Hammond
Orin C. Jackson
Kingsley Benedict
Mina Cunard
Mrs. Jay Hunt
H. F. Crane
Harry Mann
Violet Schram
Walter Belasco
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Notes
Sources disagree in crediting the actress who played Johnnie Paige. Motion Picture News credits both Margaret Mayburn and Mina Cunard while Moving Picture World lists Margaret Mayburn in the role.
