The Triumph of the Weak

Overview

The opening picture finds Edith in prison where she has been for the last three years. She is a widow and her baby has been placed in an institution. She is paroled, finds her child and steals him from the asylum. After wandering around she finally obtains a position in a department store, where Jim Roberts, superintendent, falls in love with her. They are married, but she fails to tell him of her past. Mabel, also freed from prison, demands that Edith join with her and her side partner in a crime, under threat of exposing her past to Jim.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 13, 1918

Original language

English

Countries

United States of America

Production

Vitagraph Company of America

Cast

Eulalie Jensen,Adele DeGarde,William Carr,Bernard Siegel,Alice Joyce,Walter McGrail,Templar Saxe

Director

Tom Terriss

Writer

Garfield Thompson,Forrest Halsey,Edith Ellis

Cinematography

Joseph Shelderfer

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0009725