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The Barrier of Faith (1915)
Short | Short, Drama

The Barrier of Faith (1915)

Short | Short, Drama

Grounded in orthodox Judaism, Jacob Aaron, learning that his daughter, Rose, has secretly fallen in love with and married Harold Weston, a Christian, curses and disowns her. With the idea of effecting a reconciliation, Rose and her husband...See moreGrounded in orthodox Judaism, Jacob Aaron, learning that his daughter, Rose, has secretly fallen in love with and married Harold Weston, a Christian, curses and disowns her. With the idea of effecting a reconciliation, Rose and her husband call on Aaron one night. Before knocking on the door, Rose looks through the window, and turning sadly away, tells Harold it is useless and too late, for her parents, Aaron and Leah, are in mourning for Rose for one week (the regular Jewish custom of mourning for the dead). Months later, Rose has paid the price of breaking down the iron bars of convention and the barriers of Faith. They are poor and her husband ill-tempered and neglectful. In a barroom brawl, her husband is killed and the young wife is left alone. Half-crazed by all she has gone through, Rose starts for her parents' home on the Feast of the Passover. Leah has become ill from longing for her child, and although she tries to keep it from Aaron, is slowly sinking from a broken heart. She is seated beside her husband with a few friends while he performs the customary rites for the Feast of the Passover. In accordance with the ceremony, one of the party opens the hall door for those that are in need of food and drink, and there, standing in the light, is Rose with her arms outstretched to her mother. As she slowly enters the room, the others sit perfectly still for a moment, then Aaron, realizing it is Rose returned, draws back from her in anger and peremptorily orders her out of the house, but Leah will not let her go and takes the girl in her arms. Rose sobs out her story, and Leah's pleading gradually softens Aaron's heart, so that he goes to her and laying his hand on her head, pronounces his forgiveness. Then the Feast proceeds. Leah, seated at his left and his daughter Rose on his right, all are reunited into a happy family, the barriers of Faith removed. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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4 cast members

Name	Known for
Van Dyke Brooke Jacob Aarons Jacob Aarons See fewer	Betty's Choice (1909)
Mary Maurice Leah, Jacob's Wife Leah, Jacob's Wife See fewer	Les miserables (Part II) (1909)
Norma Talmadge Rose, Their Daughter Rose, Their Daughter See fewer	Camille (I) (1926)
Denton Vane Harold Weston, Rose's Husband Harold Weston, Rose's Husband See fewer	An Enemy to the King (1916)