To Save Her Soul (1909)

To Save Her Soul

1909

Drama

Synopsis

Agnes, a singer in a country church, is practicing one day when a vaudeville manager hears her and offers her a job. Over the objections of the curate who loves her, she accepts the offer and goes to the city. Later the curate goes to hear Agnes perform and, fearing that her soul is being corrupted by show business, he asks her to return to the small town with him. When she refuses, he is prepared to kill her in order to protect the purity of her soul. This brings about her change of heart, and together they return to the little church.

Credits

Director

D.W. Griffith

Cast

Arthur V. Johnson as Paul Redmond

Blanche Sweet as Stage Dancer

Caroline Harris as Agnes' Mother (unconfirmed)

Frank Evans as The Stage Manager

George Nichols as The Manager

Kate Bruce as The Housekeeper

Lottie Pickford as In Audience

Mack Sennett as Backstage at Debut