To Save Her Soul (1909)
Agnes, a singer in a country church, is practicing one day when a vaudeville manager hears her and offers her a job. Over the objections of the curate who loves her, she accepts the offer and goes to the city. Later the curate goes to hear Agnes perform and, fearing that her soul is being corrupted by show business, he asks her to return to the small town with him. When she refuses, he is prepared to kill her in order to protect the purity of her soul. This brings about her change of heart, and together they return to the little church.
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Agnes, a singer in a country church, is practicing one day when a vaudeville manager hears her and offers her a job. Over the objections of the curate who loves her, she accepts the offer and goes to the city. Later the curate goes to hear Agnes perform and, fearing that her soul is being corrupted by show business, he asks her to return to the small town with him. When she refuses, he is prepared to kill her in order to protect the purity of her soul. This brings about her change of heart, and together they return to the little church.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:D.W. Griffith
In Theaters:12/27/1909
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Runtime:14 minutes
Studio:American Mutoscope & Biograph
Cast
D.W. Griffith
Director
Mary Pickford
Agnes Hailey
Arthur V. Johnson
Paul Redmond
Kate Bruce
The Housekeeper
W. Chrystie Miller
Church Organist
George Nichols
The Manager
Mack Sennett
Backstage at Debut
Blanche Sweet
Stage Dancer
Lottie Pickford
In Audience
Frank Evans
The Stage Manager
Caroline Harris
Agnes' Mother (unconfirmed)
Linda Arvidson
In Audience
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