A Sister's Burden

A Sister's Burden

Drama | May 10, 1915

Compelled to keep house for her father and her younger sister and brother, Martha is deprived of all the pleasures of youth. Ned, who loves her, begs her to elope with him. Martha yields, but while on the way to the minister, decides that her duty lies back home with her father. Heart-broken, Ned leaves for the city.

A Sister's Burden

Drama | May 10, 1915

A Sister's Burden
Compelled to keep house for her father and her younger sister and brother, Martha is deprived of all the pleasures of youth. Ned, who loves her, begs her to elope with him. Martha yields, but while on the way to the minister, decides that her duty lies back home with her father. Heart-broken, Ned leaves for the city.
Producers Kalem Company
Original title A Sister's Burden
Directors Robert G. Vignola
Writers Frances Marion

Cast

Henry Hallam

as Hensley - a Widower

Alice Hollister

as Martha Hensley - the Elder Daughter

Mary Kennedy

as Maude - the Younger Daughter

Arthur Albertson

as Nathanial - the Son

Anna Q. Nilsson

as Ida - Nathanial's Wife

Harry F. Millarde

as Ned - Martha's Sweetheart

Robert Walker

as Frank - Maude's Husband