The Renunciation (1914)
John, a young prospector, is dying in the desert having lost his way and run out of water. He is rescued by Father Francisco, who takes him to the Mission where he is cared for and nursed back to health. Later, John leaves the Mission and after a month's searching, strikes gold. Deeply grateful to the monks for their kindness, he desires to become one of them himself; he makes over all his property to the Mission. The monks try to shake this determination, but John, having suffered at the hands of Rita, a mean flirt, is steadfast. Alice Martens, discouraged at her supposed father's cruelty, goes through her dead mother's trunk and comes upon an old packet of letters. From one of them she learns that Martense is only her foster father and that the monks at the Xavier Mission had frequently befriended her dead father. Alice packs her few belongings, slips past her foster father, and starts out for the Mission to learn more, if possible, about her dead parents. Unaware of the hardship of the trip, she failed to provide herself with sufficient water and when she arrives she is in a critical condition. She is housed in old Maria's hut and here she makes an impassioned appeal to the Monks. They decided to keep her father, Father Francisco having recognized in Alice the image of her mother to whom he was devoted. When sickness breaks out among the Indians Alice nurses them. In turn she is stricken. John and old Maria nurse her back to health. Later, Alice and John grow to be fast friends. In a moment of passion John declares his love for her. Throwing off his robe he takes the girl to the Mission and implores Father Francisco to marry them. Taking the bag of gold which John had given the Mission, the Father returns it and, amid the bowed heads of his former brother monks, John is married.
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| Filmmakers | Role |
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| Webster Cullison | Director |
| Cast | Role |
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| Robert Frazer | |
| Edna Payne | |
| Hal Wilson | |
| Mildred Bright |
