Shame (1917)
The photoplay of the hour, a story of the World's Unjust Condemnation.
John Grey enlists when the Spanish-American War begins, not knowing that his sweetheart Mary is pregnant and then perishes before they can legalize their union. When Mary dies, her daughter Little Mary is taken into an orphanage and adopted by Peters, a cruel farmer who turns her into a slave. Befriended by Seppe, a hunchback farmhand of similar parentage, young Mary escapes to the city where she finds work at a hospital run by Dr. Strong. She falls in love with Strong's son Donald when he learns that she is illegitimate, he backs out of the engagement.
- Release date
- December 1, 1917
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Zena Keefe as Mary McDavitt
- Zena Keefe as Little Mary Grey
- Lionel Belmore as Peters
- Paul Doucet as Seppe
- Joyce Fair as Society Girl
- Jack Dunn as Dr. Strong
- Niles Welch as Donald Strong
- Fred Stall as Mary's Father
- John Davidson as Cabaret Dancer
- Dell Boone as Undetermined Role
- James McArdale as Curious Sheep
Crew
- John W. Noble · Director
- John W. Noble · Writer
- Herbert Oswald Carleton · Cinematographer