The Morals of Hilda

Release Date: 1916-12-11

Overview: Recent immigrants August and Hilda cannot understand the American emphasis on weddings, because in their country, couples never get married. Fearing that he will be arrested for living with a woman who is not his wife, August stows away on a ship and dies in a wreck at sea. Afterward, Hilda tries to commit suicide, but the wealthy Esther Grail saves her, and then adopts her infant son Stephen. Years later, Esther tells him the circumstances of his birth, and so Stephen goes on a crusade for the rights of illegitimate children.

Rating: 0 / 10

Cast

Frank Whitson

as August

Gretchen Lederer

as Hilda

Adele Farrington

as Esther Grail

Lois Wilson

as Marion

Richard Morris

as Harris Grail