Key Details

Release StatusReleased

Release Date1916-05-01

Languageen

Runtime1h 10m

Production

Vitagraph Company of America

9.0(1)

•1916•1h 10m

The Law Decides

Drama

Overview

Mere years could not kill the overwhelming love which lay dormant in Lorenz's heart, though Florence was now the wife of another.

Director

Marguerite Bertsch William P.S. Earle

Writing & Screenplay

Marguerite Bertsch

Cinematography

Clark R. Nickerson

Principal Cast

7 credited

Dorothy KellyFlorence Wharton

Harry T. MoreyLorenz (as Harry Morey)

Bobby ConnellyBobby Wharton

Donald HallJohn Wharton

Louise BeaudetMrs. Wharton

Adele KellyBeatrice

Bonnie TaylorMaid

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