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The Awakening of Helena Ritchie

0.0 50 mins Drama   1916
Rolfe Photoplays  
Director(s): John W. Noble

Helena Richie leaves her drunken husband, who had killed their child, and goes to Old Chester in Pennsylvania with her friend Lloyd Pryor. Helena adopts a homeless boy, David, who had been a ward of the town's minister, Dr. Lavendar. Helena's true husband dies, but Lloyd Pryor, now tired of Helena, refuses to marry her. Helena confesses to the minister about her actual relationship with Pryor, and Dr. Lavendar forces her to give up her son. Helena agrees, certain that she is an unfit mother. Helena pleads her case and fights for her maternal rights.

Casts of The Awakening of Helena Ritchie

Ethel Barrymore

as Helena Richie

Robert Cummings

as Lloyd Pryor

Frank Montgomery

as Benjamin Wright

James A. Furey

as Dr. Lavendar (as J.A. Furey)

Maurice Steuart

as Little David (as Maury Steuart)

Hassan Mussalli

as Sam Wright

William A. Williams

as Deacon Wright (as William Williams)

Robert Whittier

as Frederick Richie

Charles Goodrich

as Dr. King

Hattie Delaro

as Mrs. King

Mary Asquith

as Mrs. Wright

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