The White Sin (Silent) (DVD)

Wealthy playboy Grant Van Gore means to have his way with his beautiful maid, the innocent Hattie Lou. He swears his love to the naive girl, and in an act so heinous as to defy belief, has the captain of his yacht perform a fake marriage ceremony. He ruins poor Hattie Lou, and then abandons her ashore the very next morning. A year later, the destitute girl and her starving baby are wandering the streets. When she sees a newspaper headline announcing that Grant has drowned at sea, Hattie Lou hatches a desperate plan for survival. She will present herself to the wealthy Van Gore's, who cannot fail to provide for their late son's widow and child!

This Palmer Photoplay Corporation production features a sensitive young Madge Bellamy. She starred in silent epics including King Vidor's Love Never Dies (1921) and Maurice Tourneur's Lorna Doone (1922), but is best remembered for co-starring with Bela Lugosi in the classic horror film White Zombie (1932).

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