Lifting the Ban of Coventry (1915)

7.0/10 • 18 min • Drama War

Overview

Even though his widowed mother and sweetheart, Mary Putnam, disapprove, Worth Stuyvesant insists on going to West Point and becoming a soldier. Ultimately, Mary breaks off their engagement and Stuyvesant goes on a bender. His conduct is reported to the commander, who sends him to the sub post of Del Rio for 60 days of tour duty. There, Stuyvesant meets Lola Montez, an adventuress. With the help of a couple of her pals, Lola gets him drunk and marries him. But Stuyvesant lives up to his duties as a husband and surprisingly, Lola renounces her old ways and becomes a model wife.

Cast

Darwin Karr

Worth Stuyvesant

Lillian Walker

Mary Putnam

Julia Swayne Gordon

Lola Montes

Rose Tapley

Mrs. Worth Stuyvesant

Harry Northrup

Cadet David Hanks

Ned Finley

Colonel H.E. Jenkins

Helene Costello

Helen Stuyvesant - their child

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