The Lady in the Library (1917)
Mildred Vandeburg, an heiress who devotes her time to a hospital that she has built in the slums, breaks her engagement to her fiancé, T. Huntington Forbes, because Forbes is only interested in horses and sports. Meeda Jones, a nurse employed in Mildred's hospital, is married to a criminal named Spike, who steals some jewels and convinces his brother Dan to fence them for him. When Dan is killed as the police try to arrest him, his wife dies of shock, leaving their baby girl homeless. To help the baby, Mildred decides to take her to Forbes's home, where she informs her former fiancé that there is a "lady in the library" waiting for him.
- Release date
- October 19, 1917
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- John Vosper as T. Huntington Forbes
- Vola Vale as Mildred Vandeburg
- Robert Weycross as Augustus Vandeburg
- Ella Pitts as Mrs. Vandeburg
- William Reed as Simonds
- Ruth Lackaye as Mrs. Merriweather
- Harl McInroy as Reverend Alfred Clemons
- Jessylee Roberson as The Mother
- Jane Pepperell as Meeda Jones
- Barney Furey as 'Spike' Jones
Crew
- Edgar Jones · Director
- Frederick Orin Bartlett · Writer
- Lela E. Rogers · Writer