To Save Her Soul

1909 film

December 27, 1909 (1909-12-27)

Running time

11 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageSilent with English intertitles

To Save Her Soul is a 1909 American short silent drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Mary Pickford.^[1] The film was shot in Fort Lee, New Jersey when many of the early film studios in America's first motion picture industry were based there at the beginning of the 20th century.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Cast

Arthur V. Johnson - Paul Redmond
Mary Pickford - Agnes Hailey
W. Chrystie Miller - Church Organist
George Nichols - Manager
Kate Bruce - Housekeeper
Linda Arvidson - In Audience
William Beaudine
Charles Craig - Bumpkin
Frank Evans - Stage Manager
Robert Harron - Stagehand / Usher
Ruth Hart - At Party
James Kirkwood - Backstage at Debut / At Party
Henry Lehrman - In Audience
Jeanie MacPherson - In Audience
Owen Moore - At Party
Jack Pickford - Stagehand
Lottie Pickford
Billy Quirk
Gertrude Robinson - In Audience
Paul Scardon - In Audience
Mack Sennett - Backstage at Debut
Blanche Sweet - Backstage at Debut / At Party
Dorothy West - At Party

Plot

Agnes, a singer found in a small country church, is lured to the big city where she finds fame. A member of the clergy, from the church where she was found, goes to the city to hear her sing. He sees that she is being tempted by sin and threatens to kill her if she does not return to his church. This causes her to reevaluate her life and she eventually does return to her small town.^[5]

References

^ "Silent Era: To Save Her Soul". silentera. Retrieved July 1, 2008.
^ Koszarski, Richard (2004), Fort Lee: The Film Town, Rome, Italy: John Libbey Publishing -CIC srl, ISBN 0-86196-653-8
^ "Studios and Films". Fort Lee Film Commission. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
^ Fort Lee Film Commission (2006), Fort Lee Birthplace of the Motion Picture Industry, Arcadia Publishing, ISBN 0-7385-4501-5
^ "To Save Her Soul". Film Affinity. Retrieved April 7, 2023.