The Child of Destiny (1916)

The Child of Destiny

1916

Drama

Synopsis

Alita, a child who has been left in the care of Mr. and Mrs. Putnam in a desolate swamp country, reaches the age when she is to be prepared for the world, and the Putnams send word to Judge Gates, her guardian, to come for her. Her life has been spent in the swamps with a half-witted boy, "Weird Willie," and many animals and birds of that country, as her only playmates. Judge Gates receives the letter at his bachelor apartment, which he shares with a younger friend and companion, Bob Stange. Through the accidental dropping of a marriage license the Judge discovers that Bob is about to become a benedict, despite the fact that they had a compact never to marry, on the theory that all women are deceitful.

Credits

Director

William Nigh

Cast

Elizabeth Le Roy as Mrs. Putnam

Ganna Walska as Constance

Irene Fenwick as Alita

Martin Faust as Oswald, His Son

R.A. Bresee as Putnam

Robert Elliott as Bob Stange

Roy Applegate as Judge Gates

Roy Clair as Weird Willie