Movie Description
Destiny: or, the Soul of a Woman
(1915)Overview
Artist Standish using his wife Mary as his model finishes a painting of the Madonna. When the Connoisseur and the Parishioner inspect the picture, the Connoisseur tells Standish that the model was a one-time paramour. Buying the painting they depart. Standish confronts Mary, who tells him that she believed herself legally married to the Connoisseur. Unbelieving he ejects her and their baby son. Penniless Mary leaves her boy on the steps of a monastery. Years later before becoming a monk the boy is sent to see the world. Wandering into a café he is seduced by Beauty as the other inmates of the place, Lust, Rum, Avarice and Passion dance around him. The proprietor enters; it is Mary. Recognizing the crucifix, she left with him as a baby she persuades him to go back without revealing her identity. After he becomes a priest Mary, now a bedraggled old woman enters his church. She recognizes him and just before she dies her son gives her absolution.
Featured Crew
Cast
Mary Gadman
The Boy
Standish
Parishioner
Father Anthony
Avarice
Beauty
The Neighbor
The Connoisseur
Lust
Rum
Passion
Father Time
Baby
Little Boy
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Facts
Original TitleDestiny: or, the Soul of a Woman
Status Released
Release Information
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1915-09-06
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 00h 50m
Production CompaniesRolfe Photoplays,Metro Pictures Corporation
Genres
- Drama






























