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Married in Name Only

Married in Name Only

A Most Novel and Intense Drama Based Upon Eugenic Principals.

Drama
October 1, 19171h 0m
Overview

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.

Director
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Edmund Lawrence
Production
Ivan Film Productions
Cast
Gretchen Hartman
Gretchen HartmanMadeline Francis
Milton Sills
Milton SillsRobert Worthing
Marie Shotwell
Marie ShotwellMrs. Worthing
Dora Mills Adams
Dora Mills AdamsMrs. Francis
William Desmond
William Desmond
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