In Her Mother's Footsteps (1915)
Raymond Longstreth, a successful artist, has painted a Madonna, using his wife, Helen, as a subject. Raymond is jealous of Harold Winters, an art dealer, the former rival for Helen's hand. When an accident brings Helen and Harold together, and Raymond discovers them, he bursts forth in a tirade against his wife. His jealousy is further aroused when, after the exhibition of the finished picture, it is sold by the art gallery to Harold. Harold, however, has only bought the picture as an agent for Clayton Burroughs, a wealthy collector. Even the birth of a baby does not lessen the husband's jealousy, and when, soon after he finds Helen and Harold together, under absolutely innocent circumstances, he drives his wife from him. Then Raymond, tormented by doubts, resorts to drink. Years afterward, Helen, under the name of "Mrs. Raymond," is a housekeeper to Dr. Marriott, and her daughter, Naomi, is like a daughter to the doctor. Raymond has given up his art, and is a mere wanderer. Sterling Burroughs, the son of the art collector, is the cause of an automobile accident in which Naomi is injured. In his solicitude for her welfare after the accident, he soon finds himself in love with her, and she returns his affection. In the girl the elder Burroughs recognizes the face of his treasured picture, the Madonna. When fire destroys the picture, he has search instituted for the missing artist, hoping to have him paint a duplicate. Harold succeeds in finding Raymond, but the latter says that it would be impossible to paint another Madonna, since the original model was his lost wife. Burroughs promises to obtain a model, thinking of his son's fiancée. When Sterling Burroughs asks Naomi to sit for a painting by the artist, Raymond Longstreth, she is overcome by emotion, and discloses to him that she is really Naomi Longstreth, the artist's daughter. At first she refuses to pose, but then, struck by a sudden hope, she consents. At the sitting Raymond is dazed by the resemblance of the girl to his wife, but does not guess that she is his daughter. While he is deep in reverie, Naomi steals from the studio, and Helen, the wife, takes her place. When Raymond turns once more to his subject he is met by the forgiving Helen. Life begins anew for them and in the happiness of Naomi and Sterling,
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GenresDrama
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| Filmmakers | Role |
|---|---|
| Joseph W. Smiley | Director |
| William H. Lippert | Writer |
| Siegmund Lubin | Producer |
| Cast | Role |
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| Lila Leslie | |
| Jack Standing | |
| Joseph W. Smiley | |
| William W. Cohill |
