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Her Mother's Secret

1915 · 50 min

A solemn, old-fashioned melodrama that leans on coincidence and buried parentage to wring out heartache and forbidden romance.

Tagline
A Pulsating, Heart-Accelerating Document That Runs the Gamut of Human Emotion.
Overview
Seth Cartwright abandons his mistress Bernice Archer and their child, Lorna returning to his wife and son. Bernice, in a daze, leaves Lorna, who is adopted by Cartwrght's wife, who knows full well who the child's father is. Unfortunately, she and her husband are killed in a shipwreck, but it turns out Lorna and her real mother are reunited because of the wreck, and settle in a small seaside town. Matters get complicated when Seth Jr. arrives in the town for a vacation and falls in love with Lorna--not knowing that she is his half-sister.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • love
  • fate
Places
  • small town
  • sea
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour1
Realism6
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Frederick A. Thomson
Starring
Ralph Kellard, Dorothy Green, Jule Power, Jane Meredith, Edwards Davis
Runtime
50 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
No Language

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