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The Greater Devotion

The Greater Devotion

Drama

10m

February 11, 1914 (111 years ago)

Overview

The girl has three suitors: a young Mexican, who symbolizes love, a cripple, who symbolizes devotion, and a wealthy haciendiero, who symbolizes wealth. Despite the protests of Love and the pain of Devotion, the girl is given in marriage to Wealth by her father. A year lapses and the girl has suffered by her father's choosing. Wealth is faithless to her and heaps upon her head humiliation and indignity and finally brutality. Love returns to her and after listening to her story swears that he will kill Wealth, but Devotion restrains him with the advice that if he kills Wealth he can never have the girl. To insure the girl's happiness Devotion kills Wealth himself and then takes his own life.

ActorAge thenAge now
Wallace Reid

Wallace Reid

'Devotion'

Birthday: April 14, 1891

22 January 18, 1923 (31)
Dorothy Davenport

Dorothy Davenport

-

Birthday: March 13, 1895

18 October 12, 1977 (82)
Fred Gamble

Fred Gamble

-

Birthday: October 26, 1868

45 February 17, 1939 (70)
Ed Brady

Ed Brady

-

Birthday: December 5, 1889

24 March 31, 1942 (52)
Phil Dunham

Phil Dunham

-

Birthday: April 21, 1885

28 September 5, 1972 (87)