The Shadow of Fear (1915)

Continually haunted by the knowledge that his parents both died in an insane asylum, John Sterling summons up all his courage and confesses to his sweetheart, Grace, that the newspaper statement concerning the cause of his parents' death is true. She, urged on by Randolph Polhemus, a rival suitor, tells John she cannot marry him; that she is afraid of the inheritance of insanity. Some months later she becomes engaged to Polhemus and John is in the depth of despair, until the girl's Aunt Mary comes forward with proof that John was only an adopted son, whose real parents were killed in a train wreck. After a complete readjustment of conditions, Grace breaks with Polhemus and finds happiness with John as her husband.

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GenresDrama Short