The Stain (1914)
An ambitious bank teller (Edward Jose) steals a large deposit and starts life over under an assumed name. While he is becoming a lawyer and making his way up the ladder of success with the help of a political boss, the wife he left behind (Eleanor Woodruff) remains destitute and is forced to give up her child to an orphanage. The girl is adopted and grows up (played as an adult by Virginia Pearson) to become the secretary to an honest young lawyer. But the girl has the same quirk that her father had, and it causes her to steal a bracelet at a department store. She is arrested and finds herself before her father, who is now a judge.
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Edward JoséStevens (later The Judge)
Thurlow BergenThe Young Lawyer
Virginia PearsonStevens' Daughter
Eleanor WoodruffStevens' WifeSam J. RyanThe Political Boss (as Sam Ryan)
Theda BaraGang Moll (as Theodosia Goodman)
Creighton HaleOffice ClerkMovie DNA
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What is The Stain about?
An ambitious bank teller (Edward Jose) steals a large deposit and starts life over under an assumed name. While he is becoming a lawyer and making his way up the ladder of success with the help of a political boss, the wife he left behind (Eleanor Woodruff) remains destitute and is forced to give up her child to an orphanage. The girl is adopted and grows up (played as an adult by Virginia Pearson) to become the secretary to an honest young lawyer. But the girl has the same quirk that her father had, and it causes her to steal a bracelet at a department store. She is arrested and finds herself before her father, who is now a judge.
How long is The Stain?
The Stain has a runtime of 66 minutes.