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An Alabaster Box (1917)
50 min | Drama

An Alabaster Box (1917)

50 min | Drama

Lydia Bolton is only a child when financial difficulties overtake her father. His fellow townsmen do not give him support and he goes to the wall. Andrew Bolton goes to prison an embezzler, cursed by everyone. Lydia is taken in charge by ...See moreLydia Bolton is only a child when financial difficulties overtake her father. His fellow townsmen do not give him support and he goes to the wall. Andrew Bolton goes to prison an embezzler, cursed by everyone. Lydia is taken in charge by an uncle and the old Bolton mansion, once a proud landmark, is left to neglect. Time has not tempered the disposition of the community when Lydia Bolton comes back, her identity hidden in the name of Lydia Orr. She opens her purse first at a church festival, but her generosity is rewarded only by disparaging remarks and open hints of ulterior motives. She lives at the same boarding house as the young minister and tongues of scandal are at once loosed. Then she purchases the old Bolton mansion, her childhood home, and offers to buy at unreasonably high prices all antique furniture in the town. There is a rush to get all the girl's money, but a few decent folks seek to protect her and at once the town is split in two hostile camps. The minister has a sweetheart and she is jealous of Lydia, which adds to the complexity of her troubles. And in the midst of it all, Bolton, his prison term ended, steals back to town. Lydia and a few loyal friends seek to hide his identity, for a time, at least, but the senile old man eludes them and goes to the country store and proclaims himself. All the pent-up hatred against him now is turned against the daughter and the townspeople utterly blind to all she has done for them and the town, rush to the old Bolton home to wreck it and lynch Bolton. The old man, aided by the minister and Lydia's sweetheart, are striving to protect the girl when Bolton falls dead. This tragedy disperses the mob and finally Lydia's enemies come to see her and her efforts in their true light. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Alice Joyce Lydia Bolton / Lydia Orr Lydia Bolton / Lydia Orr See fewer	Beau Geste (1926)
Marc McDermott Andrew Bolton Andrew Bolton See fewer	He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Harry Ham Jim Dodge Jim Dodge See fewer	The Four Feathers (1921)
Aida Horton Lydia (child) Lydia (child) See fewer	Luring Shadows (1921)
Patsy De Forest Fanny Dodge Fanny Dodge See fewer	Lost on Dress Parade (1918)
Frank Hall Crane Wesley Elliott (as Frank Crane) Wesley Elliott (as Frank Crane) See fewer	The Stolen Voice (1915)