Framed by scenes of Shakespeare himself telling the story to his friends, this is a three-reel adaptation of the Bard of Avon's magical late-period romance about Leontes, a jealous king who banishes his daughter out of fear that she might not be his child.
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As James Abbott, Frank Arthur and Martin Wynne, college chums, are bidding farewell to one another at the commencement ball, James discovers that May Scott, whom he loves, favors Frank.
Tom Chatterton is called a coward because he will not enlist in the Home Guard during the Civil War -- his mother is dying and he does not wish to leave while she is still alive.
Pauline Cushman leaves the theater to become a Federal spy. Working with Henry Holmes of the Secret Service, she escapes execution twice and helps Gen.
A kind hearted actress who befriended a poor little waif of the street, soon grew to love the child. When she went on the road she found him a home with her old nurse.
Broncho Billy is in love with Agnes Shephard. The jealousy of the step-sister Evelyn arouses in her a scheme which, if carried out, would result in the breaking of the engagement.