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Thou Shalt Not
UNITED STATES · 1910

Thou Shalt Not

D.W. Griffith
tuberculosis broken engagement sacrifice for future generations suicide threat disease inheritance
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Synopsis

Laura has already accepted an engagement ring from Edgar when he discovers that he has tuberculosis. Persuaded by the doctor that he risks infecting his unborn children, he calls off the engagement, but Laura will not accept that: she threatens suicide. When the doctor points out a little girl who is the diseased result of such a union, Edgar recoils, and agrees to pretend to flirt with another wo

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