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UNITED STATES · 1909

His Ward’s Love

D.W. Griffith
unrequited love religious duty self-sacrifice romantic misunderstanding class dynamics
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Synopsis

Reverend Howson loves his young ward, but urges her to marry someone else. She accepts the proposal, but then sees the Reverend kissing an object she has dropped, and realizes he loves her.

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