The Pillory

Story

Synopsis

A young girl is kept ignorant of her mother by her aunt. After her aunt dies, the girl is used by crooks and arrested. In prison she meets a kindly woman, who is married to a judge. The woman, unbeknownst to the girl, is her mother, and adopts her. The companion of the deceased aunt, in the midst of a ball, denounces the mother and reveals her secret to the judge and guests. The judge will not forgive his wife, so the mother and daughter leave and work among the slums to benefit humanity. Eventually, the judge relents, and seeks his wife for forgiveness, but he is too late.

Director

Frederick Sullivan

Writers

Philip Lonergan

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

8 October 1916

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Florence La Badie

  Ruth

• 

  Marie Shotwell

  Mrs. Read

• 

  Ethyle Cooke

  Meg Doherty

• 

  Yale Benner

  Gentleman Jim

• George Marlo

  John Alstead

• Marie Haynes

  Deborah

• Nellie Parker Spaulding

  Miss Anne Shirley

• James Seeley

  Judge Reed