An abused woman finds love in the arms of a famous novelist.An abused woman finds love in the arms of a famous novelist.An abused woman finds love in the arms of a famous novelist.
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- Frederick Chapin(uncredited)
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- TriviaA surviving copy is held at the Library of Congress.
- Quotes
Ronald Roberts: She is only an ocean waif whom I am protecting.
Ruth Hart: Is kissing part of the protection?
- Alternate versionsKino International copyrighted and released a video in 2000, which was restored from the Library of Congress Motion Picture Conservation Center preservation print. It was produced by Jessica Rosner, has a piano score composed and performed by Jon Mirsalis and runs 40 minutes.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Le jardin oublié: La vie et l'oeuvre d'Alice Guy-Blaché (1996)
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Carlyle Blackwell and Doris Kenyon
About 43 minutes of a 5 reeler exist. Story by Eustace Hale Ball tells of a waif (Doris Kenyon) who escapes a brutal stepfather and hides out in an abandoned house only to see a writer seeking solitude (Carlyle Blackwell) move in shortly thereafter. Of course he falls for her although he is engaged to be married. She goes back to her home and needs to be rescued from the clutches of her stepfather.
There are some beautiful scenes and pictorial compositions, but director Alice Guy undermines the story by presenting Kenyon's waif as the film's central character (though Blackwell gets top billing). In Hale's story, the writer is the protagonist and in the film, Blackwell also serves this function despite Guy's focus on Kenyon. Bottom line is that too much of the film focuses on Kenyon's antics in the abandoned house, which might be charming but do nothing to advance the story. There's also a silly bit in which the servant (Edgar Norton) thinks the house is haunted.
A rather dour Lyn Donaldson (aka Lyn Donelson) plays the jilted fiancée, William Morris is the stepfather, and Fraunie Fraunholz plays Sem, a sort of village idiot. Blackwell and Kenyon are certainly watchable and were big stars of the time.
There are some beautiful scenes and pictorial compositions, but director Alice Guy undermines the story by presenting Kenyon's waif as the film's central character (though Blackwell gets top billing). In Hale's story, the writer is the protagonist and in the film, Blackwell also serves this function despite Guy's focus on Kenyon. Bottom line is that too much of the film focuses on Kenyon's antics in the abandoned house, which might be charming but do nothing to advance the story. There's also a silly bit in which the servant (Edgar Norton) thinks the house is haunted.
A rather dour Lyn Donaldson (aka Lyn Donelson) plays the jilted fiancée, William Morris is the stepfather, and Fraunie Fraunholz plays Sem, a sort of village idiot. Blackwell and Kenyon are certainly watchable and were big stars of the time.
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- Runtime40 minutes
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