The Eyes of the Totem

The Eyes of the Totem

81 mins | Drama | May 15, 1927

After selling out a mining claim in the desolate and frigid north, Miriam Hardy moves to Tacoma with her husband and young daughter to start a new life. Things don't go as planned when her husband is murdered by a mysterious sinister eyed stranger, leaving Ms. Hardy a destitute widow. With the police unable to help find the murderer, Ms. Hardy is rescued by a kindly elderly beggar and taken in by a beggar's society. Miriam enrolls her daughter in a private seminary and lives a double life as a street beggar and a member of polite society, until a chance encounter one day leads her back to the sinister eyed stranger she has been seeking for years.

The Eyes of the Totem

81 mins | Drama | May 15, 1927

The Eyes of the Totem
After selling out a mining claim in the desolate and frigid north, Miriam Hardy moves to Tacoma with her husband and young daughter to start a new life. Things don't go as planned when her husband is murdered by a mysterious sinister eyed stranger, leaving Ms. Hardy a destitute widow. With the police unable to help find the murderer, Ms. Hardy is rescued by a kindly elderly beggar and taken in by a beggar's society. Miriam enrolls her daughter in a private seminary and lives a double life as a street beggar and a member of polite society, until a chance encounter one day leads her back to the sinister eyed stranger she has been seeking for years.
Producers H.C. Weaver Productions
Original title The Eyes of the Totem
Directors W.S. Van Dyke
Writers Everett C. Maxwell, W.W. Dickson

Cast

Wanda Hawley

as Mariam Hardy

Tom Santschi

as Philip La Rue

Anne Cornwall

as Betty Hardy

Gareth Hughes

as Bruce Huston

Bert Woodruff

as Toby

Violet Palmer

as Stella Haynes

Monte Wax

as Jim Hardy

Mary Louise Jones

as Mrs. Francis Huston

Dorothy Llewellyn

as Peggy Huston

Nell Barry Taylor

as Bessie Snyder

Peggy Ann Sessoms

as Baby Sessoms