''Divorce and the Daughter'' is a 1916 American silent drama film directed by

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. The film stars

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and Kathryn Adams.

Plot

Alicia is a poor girl living in the city with her family. When her father receives an inheritance, he is able to follow his dream of becoming an artist and moves his family near an artist's colony in the country. There he falls prey to a scheming widow, and he and his wife separate. Alicia, meanwhile, has become involved with a young man who is the widow's accomplice, and she throws over her former suitor, Dr. John Osborne. The young man is a proponent of free love, but he gets a little too free with Alicia and she beans him with a small statuette. She goes running back to her doctor sweetheart, and her parents decide to reconcile, since their separation obviously isn't doing their children any good.

Cast

- Alicia *

- Dr. John Osborne * Kathryn Adams - Mrs. Cameron *Sam Niblack - Herbert Rawlins *J. H. Gilmour - The father *Zenaide Williams - The mother *

- The children *Arthur Le Vien - The children

Preservation status

*A print is preserved in the

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National Film and Television Archive, London. The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''..Divorce and the Daughter''
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* * * 1916 films American silent feature films American black-and-white films 1916 drama films Silent American drama films Pathé Exchange films 1910s American films Thanhouser Company films {{1910s-drama-film-stub