Volume II: Filmography

OUTCASTS OF SOCIETY

July 27, 1915 (Tuesday)

Length: 2 reels (2,012 feet)

Character: Drama

Cast: Mignon Anderson (Meg, the accused), Ethel Jewett (Marianna, "the lady"), M. Dupont (her mother), Wayne Arey (store detective), Arthur Bauer, Nellie Parker Spaulding

ADVERTISEMENT, The Moving Picture World, July 31, 1915:

"It's a picture of the lives of those who stray. Mind you, not a gushy, wishy-washy 'social reform' picture, but a virile, heart filled and brain-bound work with an impelling story that goes over it; yes, over and right clean into your soul. 'Acting' - you wouldn't call it that; it's a chapter of life itself."

SYNOPSIS, Reel Life, July 24, 1915:

"Meg, convicted of shop-lifting, is sent to the penitentiary for three months. Here she meets an older woman, who tells with pride that her daughter, Marianna, is 'a lady,' who does not suspect that the luxury in which she is supported is the fruit of her mother's dishonesty. 'It would break my heart if she were to find out where I am now,' says Marianna's mother. A few days later, the woman meets her own daughter in the prison. Marianna has been detected in shop-lifting. Meg is acquitted and Marianna confesses to her mother that it really was she who took the silk stockings and hid them in Meg's pocket to escape being detected by the store detective. Mother and daughter resolve to make amends to Meg. As soon as they are discharged from the prison, they begin their search for the girl. They find Meg going downhill fast. At first she is not disposed to forgive Marianna. But the mother at last wins her confidence, and all three determine to fight their way back into reputable standing together."

REVIEW, The Moving Picture World, July 31, 1915:

"This two-reel story of a young girl falsely accused and convicted of shoplifting is one of quite strong appeal. There is a touch of human nature and some real pathos in the prison scenes, where she meets both the girl who is responsible for her plight and also the latter's mother. In the prison friendship later leads to continued friendship on the outside, when all begin a new life together. Mignon Anderson plays the leading role. This is much stronger than the average story of its type."

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