Heredity (1912)

Heredity

1912

Drama Western

Synopsis

Nine-year-old Nedda is a direct descendant of the Trevors, a family that can trace its roots back to the reign of King Charles I. Alas, the Trevors suffer severe financial reverses, and Nedda is yanked from the luxury of her ancestral home in Britain to be raised on New York's Lower East Side. Ten years later, the grown-up Nedda stands accused of the murder of her mother.

Credits

Director

D.W. Griffith

Cast

Alfred Paget as Indian / Woodsman

Christy Cabanne as Indian

Harry Carey as The White Renegade Father

Jack Pickford as The Son of the White Renegade Father and Indian Mother

Kate Bruce as The Indian Woman

Lionel Barrymore as Woodsman

Madge Kirby as The Indian Mother

Robert Harron as Indian