The Awakening of Ruth (1917)

The Awakening of Ruth

1917

Drama

Synopsis

Ruth Hoagland grows up on the Florida Keys with no companion other than her father, a half-witted fisherman who spends most of his time hunting for buried treasure. Vacationing yachtsman Bob Winthrop and Ruth fall in love, but Winthrop returns to New York, and after a year, has forgotten Ruth. After finding two chests in a cave, Ruth locates her father unconscious from a fall. She goes to the mainland for help, but returns with the Reverend Josiah Arbuthnot and Dr. William Strong, to find her father dead. Strong, out of kindness, offers to marry her, but Ruth declines, sure that Winthrop will return.

Credits

Director

Edward H. Griffith

Cast

Carolyn Lee as Rosaline Fothergill

David Davies as Henri Ressori

Donald Hall as Dr. William Strong

Edward Elkas as Joseph Ulrich

George J. Forth as Bob Winthrop

Jessie Stevens as Mrs. Greer

Joseph Burke as Reuben Hoagland

Sally Crute as Fay Harrington