Film

The Two Orphans

1911 · 32m · Drama

The Story That Never Grows Old

REEL ONE: Diane Eleanor De Vaudrey secretly marries a man beneath her. A child is born, Louise, the blind girl. Diane's father kills her husband and forces her to marry the Count de Linieres, who remains ignorant of Louise's existence. Louise is placed in the keeping of a peasant woman who has a child of her own, Henriette. Eighteen years later, the peasant woman dies and the two orphans start for Paris. The day they arrive in Paris, the Marquis de Preales notices Henriette and decides to kidnap her. Henriette rescues Marianne, an outcast, from suicide. Henriette is abducted by the Marquis. Marianne, in order to escape from Jacques Frochard, surrenders to the Gendarmes. Louise, left alone, starts toward the river and is saved from falling into the water by Pierre Frochard. a brother of Jacques. La Frochard, an old woman beggar, lives with her two sons. Louise now falls into their hands. The Marquis has brought Henriette to a garden fete, given in honor of the Chevalier.

Kathlyn Williams

Henriette

Winifred Greenwood

Louise

Thomas Carrigan

Chevalier Maurice De Vaudrey

Charles Clary

Count de Linieres, Minister of Police

Myrtle Stedman

Countess de Linieres

Adrienne Kroell

Marienne, an outcast

• Otis TurnerDirector
• Francis BoggsDirector

Release date

September 24, 1911

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

32m

Genres

Drama