Charity Castle (1917)
Charity and her young brother are taken in by Merlin Durand, the son of a penurious millionaire, when their mother, a poor cleaning woman, dies. Charity is a strong believer in the world of fairy tales, and calls Merlin "The Prince". Merlin's cheapskate father cuts off his allowance until he gets a job and earns a salary, then leaves home for a "water cure". His servants immediately take a vacation, leaving the house empty, so Charity and Merlin hide there until Merlin can find a job. Charity begins to call the mansion "Charity Castle". They soon wind up involved with a strange cast of characters, including a burglar and an unemployed Shakespearean actor.
- Date of release
- 1917-09-03
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
- Director
- Lloyd Ingraham
Casting
- Mary Miles Minter — Charity
- Clifford Callis — The Prince
- Allan Forrest — Merlin Durand
- Eugenie Forde — Zelma Verona
- Henry A. Barrows — Simon Durand
- Ashton Dearholt — Elmer Trent
- Robert Klein — Graves
- Spottiswoode Aitken — Lucius Garrett
- George Ahearn — Bill Turner
- J. Gordon Russell — Sam Smith
Interesting facts
Charity Castle is a 1917 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham and starring Mary Miles Minter. As is the case with many of Minter's features, it is thought to be a lost film.
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