The Secret of the Swamp (1916)

Directors

Lynn Reynolds

Cast

Frank MacQuarrie, Fred Church, George Hernandez, Myrtle Gonzalez, Val Paul

The story

Chet Wells, a poor farmer who rents land from Deacon Todd, falls in love with neighbor Emily Burke, who often comes to his farmhouse to look after Chet's invalid mother. However, Emily's father wants her to marry Allan Waite, a local man of means. Chet's hopeless situation becomes even moreso when his mother dies and the deacon turns him out of his house, so he abandons his love for Emily and leaves for the timberlands with hopes of making his fortune.

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