Lavender and Old Lace

Lavender and Old Lace

Drama | June 1, 1921

Mary Ainslie has been waiting 30 years for her fiancé, a sea captain, to return. She has kept a light burning in her window to guide him home. His son Carl, by another woman, arrives on vacation in the New England village where Mary lives. Mary is overcome by the resemblance between the young man and his father. The young man falls in love with Ruth, Mary's young comrade. On her deathbed, Mary wishes Carl and Ruth the romantic life that she did not live.

Lavender and Old Lace

Drama | June 1, 1921

Lavender and Old Lace
Mary Ainslie has been waiting 30 years for her fiancé, a sea captain, to return. She has kept a light burning in her window to guide him home. His son Carl, by another woman, arrives on vacation in the New England village where Mary lives. Mary is overcome by the resemblance between the young man and his father. The young man falls in love with Ruth, Mary's young comrade. On her deathbed, Mary wishes Carl and Ruth the romantic life that she did not live.
Producers Renco Film Company
Original title Lavender and Old Lace
Directors Lloyd Ingraham
Writers Myrtle Reed

Cast

Marguerite Snow

as Mary Ainslie

Seena Owen

as Ruth Thorne

Louis Bennison

as Captain Charles Winfield / Carl Winfield

Victor Potel

as Joe Pendleton

Zella Ingraham

as Hepsey

Lillian Elliott

as Jane Hathaway

James Corrigan

as Jimmy Ball