Fruits of Desire


1916

Brief Synopsis

Mark Truitt dreams of becoming a steel magnate, so he leaves his home in the country, as well as his sweetheart Unity and settles in Pittsburgh. He starts out as a laborer in the steel mill, but soon becomes a foreman and then a superintendent. Mark lives with the shop foreman, whose daughter Kazi...

Film Details

Also Known As
The Ambition of Mark Truitt
Release Date
Jan 31, 1916
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
William A. Brady Picture Plays, Inc.
Distribution Company
World Film Corporation
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Ambition of Mark Truitt by Henry Russell Miller (Indianapolis, 1913).

Synopsis

Mark Truitt dreams of becoming a steel magnate, so he leaves his home in the country, as well as his sweetheart Unity and settles in Pittsburgh. He starts out as a laborer in the steel mill, but soon becomes a foreman and then a superintendent. Mark lives with the shop foreman, whose daughter Kazia falls in love with him. Truitt, however, returns alone to his hometown and builds his own mill. Wealthy now, he marries Unity, but money changes her, and so the couple gets a divorce. In the end, Mark goes back to Pittsburgh, finds Kazia, who has never stopped loving him, and marries her.

Film Details

Also Known As
The Ambition of Mark Truitt
Release Date
Jan 31, 1916
Premiere Information
not available
Production Company
William A. Brady Picture Plays, Inc.
Distribution Company
World Film Corporation
Country
United States
Screenplay Information
Based on the novel The Ambition of Mark Truitt by Henry Russell Miller (Indianapolis, 1913).

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This film was also known as The Ambition of Mark Truitt. It was remade in 1919 as Fruits of Passion, by McClure Productions, Inc. (see below listing).