Charity
Cast & Crew
Frank Powell
Linda A. Griffith
Creighton Hale
Sheldon Lewis
John Dunn
Elizabeth Burbridge
Film Details
Synopsis
Mary Fleming, who is on trial for killing her consumptive child, describes on the witness stand the way in which she and her brother Jimmie were placed in an orphanage after their parents died and lived under brutally harsh conditions. Jimmie escaped and Mary has not seen him for years. In the end, however, her brother enters the courtroom, now a lawyer and a surprise member of Mary's defense team. After an emotional reunion between sister and brother, the latter proves that Mary's child died of starvation and then exposes the owner of the orphanage as a fraud and a white slaver.
Director
Frank Powell
Cast
Linda A. Griffith
Creighton Hale
Sheldon Lewis
John Dunn
Elizabeth Burbridge
Veta Searl
Sam J. Ryan
Crew
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Notes
Linda A. Griffith was D. W. Griffith's estranged wife. The film was also referred to as Charity? This was the first feature made by Frank Powell Productions, Inc. According to a news item, a trade showing of the film was scheduled for September 26, 1916 in New York.
