When Dorothy's Southern, aristocratic father Colonel Raleigh refuses to let her marry Forbes Stewart, a Northern gambler, the couple elopes. When Dorothy soon thereafter becomes pregnant, Forbes vows to reform, but authorities arrest him on a gambling charge, and he serves a year in prison. During that time, and just before the birth of the baby, a woman comes to Dorothy and claims to be Forbes' wife. Stunned, Dorothy returns to her father, but the colonel throws her out, and so, on her own, she has her baby, whom the community believes to be illegitimate. Convinced that she has sinned, Dorothy is about to kill herself when Forbes, just out of jail, finds her and explains that the other woman simply had been an ex-sweetheart trying to win him back.
Credits
An Innocent Magdalene Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Spottiswoode Aitken
He was 48, 64 years old when he died
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as Col. Raleigh |
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Lillian Gish
She was 22, 99 years old when she died
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as Dorothy Raleigh |
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Jennie Lee
She was 67, 76 years old when she died
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as Mammy |
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Mary Alden
She was 33, 63 years old when she died
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as The Woman |
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Sam De Grasse
He was 41, 78 years old when he died
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as Forbes Stewart |
An Innocent Magdalene Crew
| Name |
Department |
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Allan Dwan as Director. He was 31 (96) years old when He died
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Directing |
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D.W. Griffith as Story. He was 41 (73) years old when He died
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Writing |
