Heritage (1915)
Kate, whose father, a university graduate, died when she was very young, is adopted by her tenement neighbor, Mrs. McMahon, after her mother, a woman of refinement, dies. At ten, the ill-nourished girl, who has grown up watching her drunken foster father fight with her overworked foster mother, goes to work in a factory after Mr. McMahon loses his job. During the next eight years, Kate's stepbrother, Big Bill McMahon, becomes her friend, sweetheart and protector.
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
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Ella Hall as Kate |
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Robert Z. Leonard as Big Bill McMahon (as Robert Leonard) |
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Mae Talbot as Big Bill's mother |
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Mark Fenton as Big Bill's father (as Marc Fenton) |
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Allan Forrest as Guy Melton |
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Anna Lehr as Marion Melton (as Anne Lehr) |
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Helen Wright as Mrs. Melton |
| Writing | Robert Z. Leonard | Story |
| Writing | Harry G. Stafford | Writer |
| Directing | Robert Z. Leonard | Director |
