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A Limb of Satan (1917)
Short | Short, Drama

A Limb of Satan (1917)

Short | Short, Drama

Naida, the terror of the orphan asylum, has been adopted three times on probation and each time returned. Unknown to the heads of the institution, Giovanni Rossi, a strolling musician, comes each day to play for Naida. Finally Naida tells ...See moreNaida, the terror of the orphan asylum, has been adopted three times on probation and each time returned. Unknown to the heads of the institution, Giovanni Rossi, a strolling musician, comes each day to play for Naida. Finally Naida tells him of her loathing for the asylum, and begs him to take her with him. One night Naida escapes from the orphanage, and goes to Giovanni. Two years later Giovanni is rapidly failing in health, and one day Naida returns to find her only friend dead. Hugh Converse, overtaken by blindness just at the beginning of his career as a sculptor, is now dependent on his mother. Late one evening Mrs. Converse finds Naida on the step. Naida tells the story of her escape from the policeman and the truant officer who tried to take her into custody at the time of Giovanni's death, and, realizing her youth, these two kind people decide to take care of her until a home can be found for her. Weeks later Naida and Hugh, having become confidential, the child questions him as to whether he would regain his sight if an operation was performed, and being answered in the affirmative, she determines to get that much-needed money. She responds to an advertisement for a maid at the Westlake home, and some time afterward robs Mr. Westlake of five hundred dollars. Then getting a public stenographer to write a note without any address, Naida sends the money to Hugh by a messenger boy. The loss is discovered. The detective finds a carbon copy of the note in Nadia's pocket. She confesses to having stolen the money, but refuses to tell to whom she sent it. In the juvenile court the problem is taken up. In the hospital where Hugh has been operated on successfully and is now almost recovered, Mrs. Converse sees an account in the paper of the unusual case of Naida Rivers. She and Hugh hasten to the court, and Mr. Westlake takes Hugh's promise that he will repay the money as soon as possible. With the judge's permission, Mrs. Westlake now adopts Naida and sends her away to school. At the end of a year she returns a much changed person, though it is an effort to repress her natural exuberance of spirit. The Westlakes love her devotedly, and when she goes to visit Hugh and his mother, she finds that Hugh loves her in quite a different manner. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Ruth Stonehouse Naida Naida See fewer	The Scarlet West (1925)
Jack Dill Giovanni (as Jack Webster Dill) Giovanni (as Jack Webster Dill) See fewer	Should She Obey? (1917)
Charles Bennett Hugh Converse Hugh Converse See fewer	Treasure Island (1934)
Mattie Witting Mrs. Converse (as Mrs. A.E. Witting) Mrs. Converse (as Mrs. A.E. Witting) See fewer	Shoes (1916)
Mrs. Pratt Mrs. Westlake Mrs. Westlake See fewer	A Limb of Satan (1917)
Wadsworth Harris Mr. Westlake Mr. Westlake See fewer	Graft (1915)
Martha Mattox Matron Matron See fewer	The Cat and the Canary (1927)
Helen Wright Actress Actress See fewer	A Stranger from Somewhere (1916)