Plot Summary

Robert Worthing marries his sweetheart, Madeline Francis, but the wedding is ruined by his mother, who announces that because she and her parents are insane, he possesses tainted genes. Fearing that he will pass the disease on to his children, the bridegroom avoids his new wife and locks the door between their rooms. Deeply in love with Madeline, whom he is forced to love only as a sister, Robert considers suicide, but all ends well when the young man learns that he was adopted.

Movie Details

Original Title
Married in Name Only
Status
released
Original Language
en

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Cast

Gretchen Hartman as Madeline Francis

Gretchen Hartman

Madeline Francis

Milton Sills as Robert Worthing

Milton Sills

Robert Worthing

Marie Shotwell as Mrs. Worthing

Marie Shotwell

Mrs. Worthing

Dora Mills Adams as Mrs. Francis

Dora Mills Adams

Mrs. Francis

William Desmond as

William Desmond

Production Companies

Ivan Film Productions