
The son of the district attorney, Bob Mannering, is a passenger in a car that is involved in a fatal accident, and he assumes the blame for it in order to protect Diane Graham. John Mannering, Bob's father, refuses to intervene on his son's behalf, and Bob's mother, frantic with worry as she sees her son led off to prison, arranges with Jerome Wallace, a candidate for her husband's position, to create a scandal that will prevent her husband's reelection.

Is this film worth your time today? Short answer: Only if you are a dedicated student of silent-era melodrama or a fan of Bess Meredyth’s writing. This film is for those who appreciate the transition from early 1920s stagey acting to more nuanced psychological drama; it is absolutely not for viewers who require narrati...

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"Is this film worth your time today? Short answer: Only if you are a dedicated student of silent-era melodrama or a fan of Bess Meredyth’s writing. This film is for those who appreciate the transition from early 1920s stagey acting to more nuanced psychological drama; it is absolutely not for viewers who require narrative logic or modern pacing.The Bottom Line1) This film works because Irene Rich delivers a performance of maternal desperation that feels uncomfortably real even a century later.2) ..."

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