To Save Her Soul (1909)

5.2/10 14 min Drama

Overview

Agnes, a singer in a country church, is practicing one day when a vaudeville manager hears her and offers her a job. Over the objections of the curate who loves her, she accepts the offer and goes to the city. Later the curate goes to hear Agnes perform and, fearing that her soul is being corrupted by show business, he asks her to return to the small town with him. When she refuses, he is prepared to kill her in order to protect the purity of her soul. This brings about her change of heart, and together they return to the little church.

Cast

Mary Pickford

Agnes Hailey

Arthur V. Johnson

Paul Redmond

Kate Bruce

The Housekeeper

W. Chrystie Miller

Church Organist

George Nichols

The Manager

Mack Sennett

Backstage at Debut

Blanche Sweet

Stage Dancer

Lottie Pickford

In Audience

Linda Arvidson

In Audience

William Beaudine

Robert Harron

Stagehand / Usher

James Kirkwood

Backstage at Debut / At Party

Henry Lehrman

In Audience

Jeanie Macpherson

In Audience

Owen Moore

At Party

Jack Pickford

Stagehand

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