Released:
1918-04-29

Overview:
Dr. Hugh Loring, whose hobby is heredity, has evolved the theory that physical or mental peculiarities of children reveal the parents. The doctor's intense desire for children is only equaled by his wife's aversion. On the occasion of the doctor admonishing his wife for being friendly with an admirer she leaves him, and when her child is born she swears Ruth Carden, an employee of her husband's, who has accompanied her, to secrecy, so that she may keep from the doctor his greatest joy. Mrs. Loring dies, and Ruth returns to the doctor's office, leaving the child in the care of the nurse. Three years later the nurse finds it necessary to give up the child, and the doctor, who has fallen in love with Ruth, is stunned, for he believes that the child is hers.

Director:
Thomas R. Mills

Runtime:
0h 50min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Earle Williams
  as
  Dr. Hugh Loring
• 
  Grace Darmond
  as
  Ruth Garden
• 
  Kathleen Kirkham
  as
  Mrs. Loring
• 
  Martin Best
  as
  Mr. Pelham
• 
  Kate Price
  as
  Mrs. McBride