"AN EPIC OF THE ARTIC" 13 June 1917 110 mins
A husband, mistakenly believing his wife has cheated on him and that he is now the father of their newborn son, throws both her and her child out of the house. Frantic to the point of madness, she abandons her baby, and when she gains her sanity she flees to Alaska to start a new life. However, her husband finds out and follows her there.
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Doris Kenyon as Prudence Carrington
Paul Gordon as George Carrington
Thomas Holding as Rev. Arthur Dean
Hans Roberts as Charles Ware
Louise Hotaling as Marie
F.W. Stewart as The Vulture
Edgar L. Davenport as Donald Ware
Dick Bennard as Grocer boy
Bessie Wharton as Marie's guardian
William F. Cooper as Undetermined
Peggy Snow as Undetermined
United States 13 June 1917
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