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Burning the Candle (1917)
Drama

Burning the Candle (1917)

Drama

Beneath the moonlight of the southern skies Molly Carrington, daughter of the south, pledges her heart and hand to "Jimmie" Maxwell on the eve of the young man's departure to New York, where his knowledge or cotton has won him a good ...See moreBeneath the moonlight of the southern skies Molly Carrington, daughter of the south, pledges her heart and hand to "Jimmie" Maxwell on the eve of the young man's departure to New York, where his knowledge or cotton has won him a good position in a cotton broker's office. They are married and depart for the metropolis. Due to Maxwell's transition from his calm and uneventful home life to the maelstrom of worldly battle, he succumbs to liquor's lure, and from a stalwart husband is dragged to the depths or Demon Rum's depravity. He loses his position and Molly leaves him, returning to her southern home. As a "down-and-outer" Maxwell sees in a Mobile paper a rumor that his wife plans to divorce him and marry his former rival. Alfred Lewis. His smoldering love for Molly flares up to expose vividly the curse which drink has placed upon him. Maxwell throws off his alcoholic yoke, becomes a man again, and wins back his position. He finds Molly waiting for him the first day he enters the office. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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6 cast members

Name	Known for
Henry B. Walthall James Maxwell James Maxwell See fewer	The Birth of a Nation (1915)
Mary Charleson Molly Carrington Molly Carrington See fewer	The Silent Accuser (1915)
Julien Barton Judge Carrington Judge Carrington See fewer	The Golden Idiot (1917)
Frances Raymond Mrs. Carrington (as Frankie Raymond) Mrs. Carrington (as Frankie Raymond) See fewer	Fools for Luck (1917)
Thurlow Brewer Alfred Lewis Alfred Lewis See fewer	The Phantom Buccaneer (1916)
Patrick Calhoun Merrit Cole Merrit Cole See fewer	On Trial (1917)