SILENT FILMS 1916-1920: THE SINS OF HER PARENT (1916)

CREDITS

Released: November 6, 1916

Production Company: Fox Film Corporation

Featured Cast: Gladys Brockwell,  William Clifford, Carl von Schiller, George Webb, Herschel Mayall, Jim Farley

Director: Frank Lloyd

Cinematographer: William C. Foster

Writers: Tom Forman (story “Pedigree”),

Frank Lloyd (scenario)

TECH

Sound Mix Silent
Color Black and White
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1
Film Length 1,500 m (5 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm

STORY

Unhappy with her shotgun marriage to Southern aristocrat Arthur Heatherway, Valerie Marchmont leaves her new husband and, after giving her infant daughter to a Virginia family, goes to Alaska to work in a dance hall. Years later, the daughter, Adrian Gardiner, wants to marry Richard Carver. Richard’s father Robert, refuses them to marry because Adrian cannot provide any information about her parents. Following a hunch, Richard goes to Alaska to find the mother Adrian never knew, but just after locating Valerie, he is shot by saloon owner Jim McNeil. When Adrian and Robert go to Alaska to be with Richard during his recuperation, Robert recognizes Valerie as the wife of his old friend Arthur. As a result, he approves of the marriage, but the celebration accompanying the news is cut short when Valerie and Jim kill each other in a fight.
Written by Pamela Short