Louis Birnbaum,
who plays
Albert Gottheil
(a reverend)
Max Rosenthal,
who plays
Israel Saphir,
a judge
Annie Thomashefsky,
who plays
Mrs. O'Brien,
a janitress |
Reverend Albert Gottheil is unhappily married to a woman
of the wealthy class. Having been married several years,
he meets in the course of his duties, Miss Saphir, an
ardent social worker, the daughter of a prominent Judge.
Their mutual sympathy, as well as the character of the
work they are engaged in, draws them together in a bond
of love. Their feelings for each other are so strong and
so irresistible, that in a short time he abandons his
wife and migrates with Miss Saphir to the southern
states.Two
children are born onto them, a boy and a girl. Having
been forced to give up his divine profession, he is now
forced to earn his bread as a laborer. After years of
incessant trial and suffering, the ex-Reverend, with is
family decides to go back east in search of better
economical conditions. Within a few days the family
finds itself in the clutches of merciless starvation.
Judge Saphir, who is
active in philanthropic work, hears of a family given to
great privation and decides to help them out. Entering
the house of the unfortunate family he recognizes his
daughter, whom he deemed dead for the last fifteen
years. Meeting between father and daughter is highly
dramatic and pathetic. The daughter appeals for mercy,
but the stern Judge refuses her abruptly.
In the meantime the
first wife or Rev. Dr. Gottheil discovers him in the
flat, which happens to be owned by her mother, and
threatens with a suit for bigamy. In face of this
situation, the old Judge remains relentless to his
daughter's heartrending appeal, deciding to act in
strict accordance with the letter of the law. Realizing
that her parting with her beloved husband is imminent,
the daughter of the Judge decides to commit murder and
suicide, the victims of the plot being her own children.
This tragedy is enacted
at a moment when Rev. Gottheil's former wife, unnerved
by the tears of the children, agrees to let him free of
his first marriage bond. However, when the announcement
is made, and Judge Saphir calls his daughter to hear the
good news, she and her children are found in their room
dead. Appalled by this gruesome scene, the old Judge
goes insane.
Goldie
Lubritsky,
who plays Esther,
one of Albert's and Eva's children
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Annie Toback,
who plays Abie, one of Albert's and Eva's
children |
Sam Tobias,
who plays Nathan, Judith's brother, a
musician,
a cripple |
Yetta
(Nettie) Tobias, who plays Yetta, wife of
Kasriel Pikelewitch
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Peter Graf,
who plays Kasriel Pikelewitch,
a pickle manufacturer, Lucia's father |
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Bessie Thomashefsky,
who plays Eva,
the only daughter of
Israel & Judith Saphir
Sabina Rosenthal,
who plays Lucia, first wife of Albert Gottheil
Sabina Laxer,
who plays Judith, wife of Israel Saphir, a judge
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