''Her Soul's Inspiration'' is a 1917 American
silent drama film
In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super-g ...
directed by
Jack Conway and starring
Ella Hall
Ella Augusta Hall (March 17, 1896 – September 3, 1981) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 90 films between 1912 and 1933.
Early years
Ella Augusta Hall was born in Hoboken, New Jersey on March 17, 1896. Her family moved t ...
, Marc B. Robbins and Dick Ryan.
[Parish & Pitts p.75] Prints and/or fragments were found in the
Dawson Film Find
The Dawson Film Find (DFF) was the accidental discovery in 1978 of 372 film titles preserved in 533 reels of silent-era nitrate films in the Klondike Gold Rush town of Dawson City, Yukon, Canada. The reels had been buried under an abandoned hoc ...
in 1978.
Synopsis
The heroine Mary Weston (
Ella Hall
Ella Augusta Hall (March 17, 1896 – September 3, 1981) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 90 films between 1912 and 1933.
Early years
Ella Augusta Hall was born in Hoboken, New Jersey on March 17, 1896. Her family moved t ...
) seems to have been born with music in her feet. She is always dancing, and in virtue of a promise made to her dying mother, her father sells his farm and invests the proceeds in a traveling show, so that Mary may realize her ambition. However, her father dies and Mary was robbed of her inheritance by Madame Le Rue, a member of the company. Mary, who had her father's confidence, enters upon a career of vicissitudes and penury, in which two men, Silent Bob and Phillip Carstairs, help to shape her character, until the time arrives when the usurper is brought to book, and Mary comes into her own.
Cast
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Ella Hall
Ella Augusta Hall (March 17, 1896 – September 3, 1981) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 90 films between 1912 and 1933.
Early years
Ella Augusta Hall was born in Hoboken, New Jersey on March 17, 1896. Her family moved t ...
as Mary Weston
* Marc B. Robbins as Daddy Weston
* Dick Ryan as Philip Carstairs
*
Edward Hearn as Silent Bob
* Marcia Moore as Zella
* Margaret Whistler as Madame La Rue
References
Bibliography
* James Robert Parish & Michael R. Pitts. ''Film directors: a guide to their American films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974.
External links
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1917 films
1917 drama films
1910s English-language films
American silent feature films
Silent American drama films
Films directed by Jack Conway
American black-and-white films
Universal Pictures films
1910s American films
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