Married in Name Only (1917)

Married in Name Only (1917)

A Most Novel and Intense Drama Based Upon Eugenic Principals. 1917-10-01 United States of America 60 Min. PG-13
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Overview

Robert Worthing marries his sweetheart, Madeline Francis, but the wedding is ruined by his mother, who announces that because she and her parents are insane, he possesses tainted genes. Fearing that he will pass the disease on to his children, the bridegroom avoids his new wife and locks the door between their rooms. Deeply in love with Madeline, whom he is forced to love only as a sister, Robert considers suicide, but all ends well when the young man learns that he was adopted.

Cast

Gretchen Hartman is Madeline Francis
Madeline Francis
Milton Sills is Robert Worthing
Robert Worthing
Marie Shotwell is Mrs. Worthing
Mrs. Worthing
Dora Mills Adams is Mrs. Francis
Mrs. Francis