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Heritage (1915)
Short | 40 min | Short, Drama

Heritage (1915)

Short | 40 min | Short, Drama

Kate, whose father, a university graduate, died when she was very young, is adopted by her tenement neighbor, Mrs. McMahon, after her mother, a woman of refinement, dies. At ten, the ill-nourished girl, who has grown up watching her ...See moreKate, whose father, a university graduate, died when she was very young, is adopted by her tenement neighbor, Mrs. McMahon, after her mother, a woman of refinement, dies. At ten, the ill-nourished girl, who has grown up watching her drunken foster father fight with her overworked foster mother, goes to work in a factory after Mr. McMahon loses his job. During the next eight years, Kate's stepbrother, Big Bill McMahon, becomes her friend, sweetheart and protector. Meanwhile, Marion Melton, the daughter of a wealthy, high society woman, develops a theory concerning the influence of heredity. Marion meets Kate and, to test her theory, becomes Kate's friend. Invited to live in the Melton mansion, Kate acquires polish and, to the McMahon's disappointment, marries Marion's brother Guy. When Guy neglects her, however, Kate hurls a curio at him and returns to the McMahons. Bill advises Guy that he must win her by force using Bowery gangster tactics, rather than kindness. This works, and after a reconciliation, Kate goes to boarding school and excels in her studies. Written by Pamela Short See less

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7 cast members

Name	Known for
Ella Hall Kate Kate See fewer	New Love for Old (1918)
Robert Z. Leonard Big Bill McMahon (as Robert Leonard) Big Bill McMahon (as Robert Leonard) See fewer	The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Mae Talbot Big Bill's mother Big Bill's mother See fewer	Gloriana (1916)
Mark Fenton Big Bill's father (as Marc Fenton) Big Bill's father (as Marc Fenton) See fewer	The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1921)
Allan Forrest Guy Melton Guy Melton See fewer	Pampered Youth (1925)
Anna Lehr Marion Melton (as Anne Lehr) Marion Melton (as Anne Lehr) See fewer	The Truth About Husbands (1920)
Helen Wright Mrs. Melton Mrs. Melton See fewer	A Stranger from Somewhere (1916)