Married in Name Only 1917 Directed by Edmund Lawrence
A Most Novel and Intense Drama Based Upon Eugenic Principals.
Robert Worthing marries his sweetheart, Madeline Francis, but the wedding is ruined by his mother, who announces that because she and her parents are insane, he possesses tainted genes. Fearing that he will pass the disease on to his children, the bridegroom avoids his new wife and locks the door between their rooms. Deeply in love with Madeline, whom he is forced to love only as a sister, Robert considers suicide, but all ends well when the young man learns that he was adopted.
Language
English
Spoken Language
No Language
Gnere
Drama
Production Company
Ivan Film Productions
Release Date 1 October 1917
60 mins
Cast
Gretchen Hartman
Madeline Francis
Milton Sills
Robert Worthing
Marie Shotwell
Mrs. Worthing
Dora Mills Adams
Mrs. Francis
