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God's Law and Man's
1917 · 50 min
A stately, earnest silent melodrama of sacrifice and secret origins, moving with solemn dignity toward a tidy, sentimental resolution.
- Directed by
- John H. Collins
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Viola Dana, Bob Walker, Augustus Phillips
- Tagline
- She stood in the path of the man show loved and sought the wrong way out!
- Overview
- Dr. Claude Drummond, a young English doctor in India, saves Ameia, a young girl, from being sacrificed to the priests of the temple of Krishna by buying her as his wife. Returning to England upon the death of his elder brother, who was the heir to the estate, Claude finds that his father has arranged a marriage between himself and Olive Dennison, the daughter of the Major-General. To please his father, Claude is about to submit to the marriage, although neither he nor Olive love each other, when Ameia arrives from India. Discovering that her existence is a barrier to her husband's advantageous alliance, Ameia takes poison but is saved by an antidote administered by Claude. It is then discovered that Ameia is actually the daughter of Major-General Dennison, by a native wife whom he had deserted. Thus, Claude finds it possible to be true to his love and to his father's wish that he marry the general's daughter.
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- Directed by
- John H. Collins
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Viola Dana, Bob Walker, Augustus Phillips
