Movie: The Pillory

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Florence La Badie
Florence La Badie

Ruth

Marie Shotwell
Marie Shotwell

Mrs. Read

Ethyle Cooke
Ethyle Cooke

Meg Doherty

Yale Benner
Yale Benner

Gentleman Jim

George Marlo
George Marlo

John Alstead

Marie Haynes
Marie Haynes

Deborah

Nellie Parker Spaulding
Nellie Parker Spaulding

Miss Anne Shirley

James Seeley
James Seeley

Judge Reed

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    A young girl is kept ignorant of her mother by her aunt. After her aunt dies, the girl is used by crooks and arrested. In prison she meets a kindly woman, who is married to a judge. The woman, unbeknownst to the girl, is her mother, and adopts her. The companion of the deceased aunt, in the midst of a ball, denounces the mother and reveals her secret to the judge and guests. The judge will not forgive his wife, so the mother and daughter leave and work among the slums to benefit humanity. Eventually, the judge relents, and seeks his wife for forgiveness, but he is too late.

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    1916-10-08

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