A Modern Cain
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
J. W. Fife
Norman Ward
Theodore Williams
Fred Williams
Z. Y. Young
Vivian Quarles
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
John and Paul, African-American twin brothers, are orphaned at an early age and left in the care of an uncle. Grown to manhood, John invests his inheritance in a business, while Paul squanders his share. They fall in love with the same girl. Avaricious and inflamed with jealousy, Paul pushes John off a cliff and reports him as missing. John, who is not killed, becomes a half-wit and wanders around in an amnesic fog until he is cured by a doctor. John returns home and finds that Paul has died from dope addiction. He marries his sweetheart, and thus all ends well.
Director
J. W. Fife
Cast
Norman Ward
Theodore Williams
Fred Williams
Z. Y. Young
Vivian Quarles
Harriet Harris
Hugh Mason
Munzall Everett
Crew
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Notes
The Fife Production Co. was located in Chicago. According to information in the George P. Johnson Collection at the UCLA Special Collections Library, J. W. Fife worked earlier at the Unique Film Co. of Chicago and May have produced at the Selig Polyscope Co.
