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Fruits of Desire (1916)

Mark Truitt dreams of becoming a steel magnate, so he leaves his home in the country and his sweetheart Unity and settles in Pittsburgh. He starts out as a laborer in the steel mill but soon becomes a foreman and then a superintendent. Mark lives with the shop foreman, whose daughter Kazia falls in love with him. Truitt, however, returns alone to his hometown and builds his own mill. Wealthy now, he marries Unity, but money changes her, so the couple gets a divorce. In the end, Mark goes back to Pittsburgh, finds Kazia, who has never stopped loving him, and marries her.

  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Robert WarwickRobert WarwickMark Truitt
  • Photo of Madlaine TraverseMadlaine TraverseKazia
  • Photo of Robert CummingsRobert CummingsThomas Henley
  • Photo of Adolph LestinaAdolph LestinaRev. Courtenay
  • Photo of Alec B. FrancisAlec B. FrancisJeremiah Quimby
  • Photo of Julia StuartJulia StuartHanka
  • Photo of Dorothy FairchildDorothy FairchildUnity
  • Photo of Ralph DelmoreRalph DelmoreRoman Androskia
  • Photo of D.J. FlanaganD.J. FlanaganBlair
  • Photo of James T. MackJames T. MackPiotr

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