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The Girl in His House
(1918) United States of America
B&W : Five reels / 4256 feet
Directed by Thomas R. Mills
Cast: Earle Williams [James Armitage], Grace Darmond [Doris Athelstone], James Abrams [Samuel Boardman], Irene Rich [Betty Burlingham], Margaret Allen [Clare Wendell], Harry Lonsdale [Bob Burlington], Margaret Cullen (Margaret Landis)
The Vitagraph Company of America production; distributed by Greater Vitagraph, Incorporated [Blue Ribbon Feature]. / Scenario by Katherine Reed, from the novel The Girl in His House by Harold MacGrath. Cinematography by Fred Held. Presented by Albert E. Smith. / © 15 June 1918 by The Vitagraph Company of America [LP12543]. Released 24 June 1918. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? When James Armitage, a wealthy young man, is jilted by Clare Wendell, he leaves for Burma after committing the care of his estate to his lawyer. Years later he is informed that Clare is a widow. His old love for her flames anew and he returns to find that the lawyer has absconded with half of his fortune and that his mansion has been sold to the father of Doris Athelstone. Armitage’s love for Clare dies, and an investigation reveals to him that the lawyer is in reality the thief and the father of Doris, and that the young girl, who has not seen her father since she was a baby, is under the impression that he is an explorer. In his love for Doris, who is the sole occupant of his mansion, he keeps this a secret, but is impelled to disclose the facts to her when, entering his house for some papers, he is shot by Doris. He starts out to unravel the mystery and locates the father dying in Yucatan. The old man tells Armitage that he stole to keep his daughter from want, and forgiven, he dies happy. Armitage, returning, marries Doris, but keeps secret that her father was a thief.
Survival status: Print exists in the Centre National du Cinéma et de l’image animée [CNC] film archive.
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 12 February 2024.
References: Website-AFI; Website-ASFFDb; Website-IMDb.
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