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  • Jewel (1915)
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    50 min | Drama
Jewel (1915)
Approved
50 min | Drama

Mrs. Forbes, longtime housekeeper at the country mansion of disappointed, embittered aristocrat Mr. Evringham, who is almost a luxurious recluse, is worried: the household has been turned upside-down by the advent of the wife of ...See moreMrs. Forbes, longtime housekeeper at the country mansion of disappointed, embittered aristocrat Mr. Evringham, who is almost a luxurious recluse, is worried: the household has been turned upside-down by the advent of the wife of Evringham's dead son Lawrence, who has arrived with her daughter Eloise. The mother is a schemer who, reduced to her last penny, is pulling every wire to induce wealthy young Dr. Ballard to marry Eloise. It looks as if she is going to succeed and the need for success is imperative because Mr. Evringham is set against his female dependents, whom he might expel from his home at any moment. Then word comes from another son, Harry Evringham, who writes that he and his wife must make a business trip abroad and he asks his father to take Jewel, the child he has never seen, into his home until they return in six weeks. Old Mr. Evringham reluctantly agrees to his son's request. He hates children and is gruff, unresponsive, and self-centered. The only reason he agrees to take the child is because his daughter-in-law, the widow, tries to get him to refuse. He hates this daughter-in-law; therefore takes Jewel in to spite her. Upon her arrival, Jewel meets with a very cool reception. She finds that, according to the Christian Science teachings with which she is familiar, that she has entered a household of hatred and discord. She puts the scriptures and Mrs. Eddy's teachings to practical use and proves to all scoffers that she has found and can demonstrate the truth. Jewel takes a strong liking to her bluff, stern, old grandfather and he finds his heart softening under her influence. She cures herself of a fever which she says came o because a shadow of hatred passed over her for the house's inmates. She wins the heart of the grim housekeeper when she redeems her drunkard son from the grip of the liquor demon, she converts Eloise to the truth of Divine Science, and she proves to everyone that Science can win in spite of all. She reaps a harvest of good from a bleak, barren soil, uniting the strained and jarring household by chain after chain of love. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less
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Clara Louise Burnham (novel "Jewel: A Chapter in Her Life") | Lois Weber (scenario)
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Updated Aug 30, 1915

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Aug 30, 1915 (United States)

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11 cast members
Name Known for
Ella Hall
Jewel Jewel   See fewer
Rupert Julian
Mr. Evringham Mr. Evringham   See fewer
Frank Elliott
Lawrence Evringham Lawrence Evringham   See fewer
Hylda Hollis
Mrs. Lawrence Evringham (as Hylda Hollis Sloman) Mrs. Lawrence Evringham (as Hylda Hollis Sloman)   See fewer
Brownie Brownell
Eliose (as Miss Brownell) Eliose (as Miss Brownell)   See fewer
T.D. Crittenden
Harry Evringham Harry Evringham   See fewer
Dixie Carr
Julia Julia   See fewer
Gibson Gowland
Dr. Ballard (as T.W. Gowland) Dr. Ballard (as T.W. Gowland)   See fewer
Jack Holt
Nat Bonnell Nat Bonnell   See fewer
Lule Warrenton
Mrs. Forbes Mrs. Forbes   See fewer
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