Shall We Forgive Her? (1917)

Shall We Forgive Her?

1917

Drama

Synopsis

When Grace Raymond follows Neil Garth, her hard-drinking fiancé, West, she finds him living in a squalid desert cabin. Forced to choose between being raped by outlaws or giving in to Neil's sexual demands, Grace moves in with her fiancé. A year later, Grace rescues James Stapleton, a gold miner, from a desert death and helps him to escape from Neil's greedy clutches. Before Neil can punish her, she knocks him out and flees to New York, where she meets and then marries Oliver West, a jeweler with failing vision. To help with his medical bills, Grace sells a short story, but Neil shows up and threatens to expose her past unless she gives him her earnings. Eventually, Oliver finds out about Grace and Neil and goes blind from the shock. Determined to win Oliver back, Grace enlists the help of Stapleton, now a rich broker, to thwart Neil and secure a sight-restoring operation for Oliver. When Oliver hears Neil's confession of Grace's difficult past, he finally forgives her.

Credits

Director

Arthur Ashley

Cast

Alexandria Carewe as Joan

Arthur Ashley as Neil Garth

Arthur Matthews as Dick

Charles Clary as Uncle John

George MacQuarrie as James Stapleton

Herbert Barrington as Paul Ellsworth

John Bowers as Oliver West

June Elvidge as Grace Raymond