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| Director: | D.W. Griffith | 
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| Writer: | D.W. Griffith, H.E. Aitken | 
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| John Howard Payne leaves home and begins a career in the theater. Despite encouragement from his mother and his sweetheart, Payne begins to lead a life of dissolute habits, and this soon leads to ruin and misery. In deep despair, he thinks of better days, and writes a song that later provides inspiration to several others in their own times of need. | |
| Release Date: | May 16, 1914 | 
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| Director: | D.W. Griffith | 
| Writer: | D.W. Griffith, H.E. Aitken | 
| Genres: | Fantasy, Drama | 
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| Production Companies | Majestic Motion Picture Company, Reliance Film Company | 
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| Updates | 
          Updated: Aug 03, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024  | 
      
| Name | Character | 
|---|---|
| Henry B. Walthall | John Howard Payne | 
| Josephine Crowell | Payne's Mother | 
| Lillian Gish | Payne's Sweetheart | 
| Dorothy Gish | Sister of Payne's Sweetheart | 
| Mae Marsh | Apple Pie Mary Smith | 
| Robert Harron | The Eastener, Robert Winthrop | 
| Jack Pickford | The Mother's Son | 
| Fay Tincher | The Worldly Woman | 
| Spottiswoode Aitken | James Smith - Mary's Father | 
| Miriam Cooper | The Fiancee | 
| Mary Alden | The Mother | 
| Donald Crisp | The Mother's Son | 
| James Kirkwood | The Mother's Son | 
| Jack Pickford | The Mother's Half-Wit Son | 
| Fred Burns | The Sheriff | 
| Courtenay Foote | The Husband | 
| Blanche Sweet | The Wife | 
| Owen Moore | The Tempter | 
| Edward Dillon | The Musician | 
| Betty Marsh | The Baby | 
| George Beranger | The Accordian Player (as George Berringer) | 
| Teddy Sampson | The Maid | 
| Ralph Lewis | |
| Irene Hunt | |
| John T. Dillon | |
| Earle Foxe | |
| Walter Long | (as W.H. Long) | 
| George Siegmann | |
| Karl Brown | The Fiddle Player | 
| W.E. Lawrence | |
| F.A. Turner | |
| Howard Gaye | 
| Name | Job | 
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| D.W. Griffith | Director, Writer | 
| Billy Bitzer | Director of Photography | 
| H.E. Aitken | Writer | 
| Joseph Carl Breil | Original Music Composer | 
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