The Forgotten Law (1922)
A dramatic and thrilling photo-drama of mother love, in which a cruel law sanctions the separation of mother and her child
Margaret Jarnette discovers that her husband Victor has been cheating on her and confronts him. Outraged, Victor has his lawyer rewrite his will so that in the event of his death, his brother Richard will get custody of his daughter Muriel, and his wife won't. When Victor dies shortly afterward, Richard suspects that Margaret had murdered him and takes custody of Muriel. However, he soon begins to suspect that things may not be quite as cut-and-dried as he thought they were.
- Date of release
- 1922-11-01
- TMDB
- 3.3 / 10 (3)
- Runtime
- 1h 10m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- James W. Horne
Casting
- Milton Sills — Richard Jarnette
- Jack Mulhall — Victor Jarnette
- Cleo Ridgely — Margaret
- Alec B. Francis — Judge Kirtley
- Muriel Frances Dana — Muriel
- Alice Hollister — Rosalie
- Walter Law — Detective
- Edneh Altemus — Flo
- Lucretia Harris — Mammy Cely
Interesting facts
The Forgotten Law is a 1922 American silent melodrama film starring Milton Sills and directed by James W. Horne. The story was adapted from the 1906 novel A Modern Madonna by Caroline Abbot Stanley.
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