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''The Innocence of Lizette'' is a 1916 American silent
/ref> The film was restored in the
As described in film magazines, Lizette (Minter), is a young girl who is left without money or family when her grandfather dies. She is taken in by her grandfather's old landlady, Granny Page, whose nephew Paul runs a news-stand where Lizette sometimes helps out.
While working at the news-stand, Lizette catches the attention of two men; Dan Nye, a handsome but dishonest young man, and Henry Faure, an elderly man still mourning the loss of his wife and daughter. Faure adopts Lizette as she reminds him of his lost daughter, and Lizette goes to live with him in his mansion.
One day Faure is called away on business, and Lizette takes the opportunity to visit Granny Page and Paul for a while. On her return to Faure's mansion, she finds a baby on the doorstep, abandoned by its mother who could not afford to keep it. Being very innocent, Lizette believes that babies are gifts sent from Heaven by God, and thus, when Faure's housekeeper and butler enquire as to where she found the baby, Lizette earnestly insists that it is her own.
When Faure returns, he is shocked, and angrily demands to know the identity of the father. Lizette does not understand the implications of the question, but she supposes that babies must have fathers as well as mothers, and so names the first man that comes into her head: Dan Nye. Faure storms into Nye's office and demands that he marry Lizette. Nye is initially puzzled, but soon seizes the opportunity to demand a significant payment from Faure if he is to wed.
When Faure returns to his mansion with Nye, Lizette refuses to marry him, and runs away with the baby. At the same time, the baby's real mother arrives, seeking her child, along with Paul, who is furious with Nye for what he believes he has done to Lizette. When Lizette is compelled to return by a policeman, all is revealed; Nye is thrown out of the house and mother and baby are reunited.
comedy-drama film
Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...
directed by James Kirkwood and starring Mary Miles Minter
Mary Miles Minter (born Juliet Reilly; April 25, 1902Louisiana Birth Certificate, Caddo Parish, No. 119, Book A, Page 97, Birth Date: April 25, 1902, Name: Mary M. Reilly ic – Original Caddo birth record was recorded as "J.H. Riley's Child" ...
. It is one of approximately a dozen of Minter's films which are known to have survived.The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''The Innocence of Lizette''/ref> The film was restored in the
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in 2004 and was shown at several European film festivals along with '' A Dream or Two Ago'', another Minter feature from 1916.
Plot
As described in film magazines, Lizette (Minter), is a young girl who is left without money or family when her grandfather dies. She is taken in by her grandfather's old landlady, Granny Page, whose nephew Paul runs a news-stand where Lizette sometimes helps out.
While working at the news-stand, Lizette catches the attention of two men; Dan Nye, a handsome but dishonest young man, and Henry Faure, an elderly man still mourning the loss of his wife and daughter. Faure adopts Lizette as she reminds him of his lost daughter, and Lizette goes to live with him in his mansion.
One day Faure is called away on business, and Lizette takes the opportunity to visit Granny Page and Paul for a while. On her return to Faure's mansion, she finds a baby on the doorstep, abandoned by its mother who could not afford to keep it. Being very innocent, Lizette believes that babies are gifts sent from Heaven by God, and thus, when Faure's housekeeper and butler enquire as to where she found the baby, Lizette earnestly insists that it is her own.
When Faure returns, he is shocked, and angrily demands to know the identity of the father. Lizette does not understand the implications of the question, but she supposes that babies must have fathers as well as mothers, and so names the first man that comes into her head: Dan Nye. Faure storms into Nye's office and demands that he marry Lizette. Nye is initially puzzled, but soon seizes the opportunity to demand a significant payment from Faure if he is to wed.
When Faure returns to his mansion with Nye, Lizette refuses to marry him, and runs away with the baby. At the same time, the baby's real mother arrives, seeking her child, along with Paul, who is furious with Nye for what he believes he has done to Lizette. When Lizette is compelled to return by a policeman, all is revealed; Nye is thrown out of the house and mother and baby are reunited.
Cast
*Mary Miles Minter
Mary Miles Minter (born Juliet Reilly; April 25, 1902Louisiana Birth Certificate, Caddo Parish, No. 119, Book A, Page 97, Birth Date: April 25, 1902, Name: Mary M. Reilly ic – Original Caddo birth record was recorded as "J.H. Riley's Child" ...
as Lizette
* Eugene Forde as Paul
* Harvey Clark as Henry Faure
* Eugenie Forde
Eugenie Forde (June 22, 1879 – September 5, 1940) was an American silent film actress.
She starred in 73 films between 1912 and 1927 in films such as ''The Diamond from the Sky'' (1915) and '' Wives and Other Wives'' with actors such ...
as Granny Page
* Ashton Dearholt
Ashton Dearholt (April 4, 1894 – April 27, 1942) was an American actor of the silent film era. He appeared in 75 films between 1915 and 1938. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and died in Los Angeles, California. He was sometimes billed ...
as Dan Nye
* Blanche Hanson as Mrs. Bunn
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Innocence Of Lizette, The 1916 films 1916 comedy-drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films American black-and-white films Films about adoption Films directed by James Kirkwood Sr. 1910s American films Silent American comedy-drama films