Martha's Vindication (1916) Fine Arts/Triangle. Directed by Chester and Sidney Franklin. Scenario by Ella Carter Woods. Cast: Norma Talmadge, Seena Owen, Ralph Lewis, Tully Marshall, Charles West, William Hinckley, Francis Carpenter, George Stone, Alice Knowland, Alberta Lee. Edwin Harley, George Pearce, Porter Strong, Josephine Crowell. 5 reels. This film is LOST
Martha | Norma Talmadge |
Dorothea | Seena Owen |
Deacon Hunt | Ralph Lewis |
Sell Hawkins | Tully Marshall |
Jennie Hawkins | Josephine Crowell |
William Burton | Charles West |
John | William Hinckley |
Francis | Francis Carpenter |
George | George Stone |
The Frump | Alice Knowland |
The Nurse | Alberta Lee |
Her Husband | Edwin Harley |
The Minister | George Pearce |
Hotel Clerk | Porter Strong |
Five-part, Fine Arts (Triangle) drama. Good story, well produced and acted with an all-star cast. Girl has lover, who is called away, but intends to come back and marry her. He is killed in railroad accident. Child born. A girl friend carries baby to a former nurse to rear. The betrayed girl marries an estimable man and has another child born in wedlock. Through a series of circumstances appearances are against the friend and she is accused of being mother of the child. For a time, even her own sweetheart is skeptical, especially as the real mother tries to shield herself to the detriment of the one friend she had in time of trouble. No expense was spared in working out the most trivial detail.
Last revised, April 14, 2007