Purity
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Rea Berger
Audrey Munson
Nigel De Brullier
Alfred Hollingsworth
William A. Carroll
Eugenie Forde
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
When Thornton Darcy first sees Purity, she matches precisely his image of Virtue, the guiding female spirit of the earthly paradise in his allegorical poem. Thornton and Purity quickly begin a romance, and when a publisher refuses to print Thornton's poems for less than $500, Purity decides to raise the money secretly, as an artist's model. Then, even though Purity's plan works and the poetry is published, Thornton ends his relationship with her when he finds out that she posed in the nude for Claude Lamarque. Finally, however, Thornton sees Claude's nude painting of Purity, called Virtue , and after realizing that his former sweetheart has served as the inspiration for a great work of art, he is reconciled with her.
Director
Rea Berger
Cast
Audrey Munson
Nigel De Brullier
Alfred Hollingsworth
William A. Carroll
Eugenie Forde
Clarence Burton
Neta Drinkwitz
Molly Shafer
Marie Van Tassell
Ellen Howard
Mary Dunham
Alice Ann Rooney
Hazel West
Nell Franzen
Wallace Macdonald
Ashton Dearholt
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
A copy of this film was recently rediscovered in a French archive, so happily it is no longer lost, although it is not available to the public as of yet.
Notes
Wid's and Motography list the length at six reels. Because of its nude scenes, Purity was involved in several censorship disputes.
