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The House Built Upon Sand (1916)
50 min | Comedy, Drama

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The House Built Upon Sand (1916)

50 min | Comedy, Drama

Evelyn Dare is a butterfly of fashion. David Westebrooke, her fiancé, is an altruist interested in sociology. He has made his home in the factory town of Oreville, where he works among his employees as factory manager. The two young people...See moreEvelyn Dare is a butterfly of fashion. David Westebrooke, her fiancé, is an altruist interested in sociology. He has made his home in the factory town of Oreville, where he works among his employees as factory manager. The two young people were affianced by their parents, and although they have not seen each other for a number of years they are strongly attracted to each other and have no desire to break the engagement. When David discovers that Evelyn plans an elaborate wedding and that he is scheduled to appear at a series of smart social functions, he rebels. Through his attorney, he arranges a marriage, and afterward tells his wife that she is to accompany him to their home and telegraph her friends that she has run away. Evelyn opposes chis, but David is firm. He takes her to their home in the factory town and there orders his housekeeper to take away her useless clothes and to supply those befitting the wife of a factory manager. For some time Evelyn is miserable. Finally she becomes interested in the life of the factory town and starts a woman's club for the benefit of the factory workers. David maintains a club for the men of the town, but they change it into a gambling den. Complications arise when the men become angry because their women folk also have a club. This is aggravated when Ted, the husband of Josie, a mill-hand, returns from a term in prison and proceeds to poison Evelyn's mind against her husband. The men's club is burned down and David saves both Ted and Josie from the burning building. In the meantime Evelyn returns to her home, taking Josie's baby with her. After a time Ted, becoming conscience-smitten, goes to Evelyn and tells her the truth. David becomes lonely for his wife and leaves the factory town. There follows a reconciliation between him and Evelyn, the latter promising to assist him in his work, not only for love of him, but also because she is now interested in the people of the factory. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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13 cast members

Name	Known for
Lillian Gish Evelyn Dare Evelyn Dare See fewer	The Night of the Hunter (1955)
Roy Stewart David Westebrooke David Westebrooke See fewer	Daniel Boone Thru the Wilderness (1926)
William H. Brown Samuel Stevens Samuel Stevens See fewer	Cheerful Givers (1917)
Bessie Buskirk Josie Josie See fewer	Cheerful Givers (1917)
Jack Brammall Ted Ted See fewer	The Wolf Man (1915)
Josephine Crowell Mrs. Shockley Mrs. Shockley See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Kate Bruce David's Housekeeper David's Housekeeper See fewer	Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916)
Mae Giraci Child Child See fewer	Jinx (1919)
Baby Spofford The baby The baby See fewer	Jim Bludso (1917)
Beulah Burns Child (uncredited) Child (uncredited) See fewer	Cheerful Givers (1917)
Thelma Burns Child (uncredited) Child (uncredited) See fewer	Cheerful Givers (1917)
Raymond Lee Child (uncredited) Child (uncredited) See fewer	Bread (1924)
Clay McConnell Actor (uncredited) Actor (uncredited) See fewer