Movie: Destiny: or, the Soul of a Woman

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Emily Stevens
Emily Stevens

Mary Gadman

George Le Guere
George Le Guere

The Boy

Theodore Babcock
Theodore Babcock

Standish

Fred Stone
Fred Stone

Parishioner

Howard Truesdale
Howard Truesdale

Father Anthony

Henri Bergman
Henri Bergman

Avarice

Vivien Oakland
Vivien Oakland

Beauty

Ralph Austin
Ralph Austin

The Neighbor

Walter Hitchcock
Walter Hitchcock

The Connoisseur

Effingham Pinto
Effingham Pinto

Lust

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    Artist Standish using his wife Mary as his model finishes a painting of the Madonna. When the Connoisseur and the Parishioner inspect the picture, the Connoisseur tells Standish that the model was a one-time paramour. Buying the painting they depart. Standish confronts Mary, who tells him that she believed herself legally married to the Connoisseur. Unbelieving he ejects her and their baby son. Penniless Mary leaves her boy on the steps of a monastery. Years later before becoming a monk the boy is sent to see the world. Wandering into a café he is seduced by Beauty as the other inmates of the place, Lust, Rum, Avarice and Passion dance around him. The proprietor enters; it is Mary. Recognizing the crucifix, she left with him as a baby she persuades him to go back without revealing her identity. After he becomes a priest Mary, now a bedraggled old woman enters his church. She recognizes him and just before she dies her son gives her absolution.

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    1915-09-06

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    The greatest heart gripping feature ever produced by Famous Metro Films. A drama that tells a wonderful story for old and young.

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