Charity Castle

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Charity Castle
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Directed by	Lloyd Ingraham
Written by
Starring	Mary Miles Minter
Production company	American Film Company
Distributed by	Mutual Film
Release date	September 3, 1917 (1917-09-03)
Running time	5 reels
Country	United States
Language	Silent (English intertitles)

Charity Castle is a 1917 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Lloyd Ingraham starring Mary Miles Minter. The film is believed to be lost.

Plot[]

As described in a film magazine,^[1] Merlin's (Forrest) father Simon Durand (Barrows) sends the son away from home because of his extravagance. The only condition upon which he can return is by presenting his first week's salary. The father then leaves to obtain a "water cure," and the servants go on vacation, leaving the mansion empty. After the death of the woman who takes care of his bachelor apartment, Merlin adopts her two children, Charity (Minter) and her younger brother known as the Prince (Callis). When numerous bill collectors come to the apartment for money Merlin owes them, Charity, who is a strong believer in fairy tales, decides to go the Merlin's father and see if he will relent and take his son back. When she and the Prince arrive at the mansion, they find it deserted and immediately take up their abode in the desolate building, which they start calling a castle, until the return of the owner. As their guests they invite Bill (Ahearn) the burglar, Sam (Russell) the bum, and Lucius Garrett (Aitken), an unemployed Shakespearean actor. When the elder Durand returns, he is furious and at first attempts to drive the intruders away, but then relents after Charity and the Prince win his heart and he gives the men employment on his estate. Merlin in the meantime has secured a position, and has endeavored to find the children but is unsuccessful. When he gets his first check, he goes to see his father, and the children are happy when son and father reconciled.

Cast[]

• Mary Miles Minter as Charity
• Clifford Callis as The Prince
• Allan Forrest as Merlin Durand
• Eugenie Forde as Zelma Verona
• Henry A. Barrows as Simon Durand
• Ashton Dearholt as Elmer Trent
• Robert Klein as Graves
• Spottiswoode Aitken as Lucius Garrett
• George Ahearn as Bill Turner
• J. Gordon Russell as Sam Smith

References[]

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• Charity Castle at IMDb
• Synopsis at AllMovie

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