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The Stain

Jul 17, 1914 · 1h 6m
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Drama

PLOT

An ambitious bank teller (Edward Jose) steals a large deposit and starts life over under an assumed name. While he is becoming a lawyer and making his way up the ladder of success with the help of a political boss, the wife he left behind (Eleanor Woodruff) remains destitute and is forced to give up her child to an orphanage. The girl is adopted and grows up (played as an adult by Virginia Pearson) to become the secretary to an honest young lawyer. But the girl has the same quirk that her father had, and it causes her to steal a bracelet at a department store. She is arrested and finds herself before her father, who is now a judge.

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CAST

Edward José
Stevens (later The Judge)
Thurlow Bergen
The Young Lawyer
Virginia Pearson
Stevens' Daughter
Eleanor Woodruff
Stevens' Wife
Sam J. Ryan
The Political Boss (as Sam Ryan)
Theda Bara
Gang Moll (as Theodosia Goodman)
Creighton Hale
Office Clerk
Directed by Frank Powell

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
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Production
Pathé Frères
Country
US
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