Film

Shame

1917 · 50m · Drama · History

The photoplay of the hour, a story of the World's Unjust Condemnation.

IMDb

7.3

John Grey enlists when the Spanish-American War begins, not knowing that his sweetheart Mary is pregnant and then perishes before they can legalize their union. When Mary dies, her daughter Little Mary is taken into an orphanage and adopted by Peters, a cruel farmer who turns her into a slave. Befriended by Seppe, a hunchback farmhand of similar parentage, young Mary escapes to the city where she finds work at a hospital run by Dr. Strong. She falls in love with Strong's son Donald when he learns that she is illegitimate, he backs out of the engagement.

Zena Keefe

Mary McDavitt

Lionel Belmore

Peters

Joyce Fair

Society Girl

Niles Welch

Donald Strong

John Davidson

Cabaret Dancer

Paul Doucet

Seppe

Jack Dunn

Dr. Strong

Fred Stall

Mary's Father

Dell Boone

James McArdale

Curious Sheep

• John W. NobleDirector

Release date

December 1, 1917

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Genres

Drama, History