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The Blood Yoke
(1915) United States of America
B&W : Two reels
Directed by Edward J. Le Saint (Edward LeSaint)
Cast: Lamar Johnstone [Charles Drennan], Stella Razetto (Stella Razeto) [Jet], Harry Lonsdale [Robert Fletcher], Guy Oliver
The Selig Polyscope Company, Incorporated, production; distributed by [?] V-L-S-E, Incorporated, or The General Film Company, Incorporated? / Produced by William N. Selig. From a story by Catherine Henry. / Released 31 May 1915. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.
Drama.
Synopsis: [?] [From The Moving Picture World]? Charles Drennen, Jet’s guardian, gives a party in honor of Jet’s twentieth birthday. Robert Fletcher is Jet’s sweetheart. He asks Jet for her heart and hand. He has Jet’s heart but she tells Robert, “My guardian made me promise never to become engaged without first consulting him.” The principals are discovered by the other guests and to relieve an embarrassing situation Drennen, Jet’s guardian, says, “We have just received some very bad news and Miss Drennen asks you to excuse her for tonight.” Drennen, the guardian, pondering in the library reverts back to southern cotton fields and of the time he met Virginia, a mulatto girl, and of his promise to care for her child. He awakens from the dream, knows he must do his duty and he calls to Jet and tells her the sordid story. Jet sees Robert. He again vows his passionate love for her. She then tells him that she is a mulatto. He turns from her involuntarily. Robert after a time, finds that his love for Jet is stronger than any race prejudice and he so writes her. She tells him that the marriage is impossible.
Survival status: (unknown)
Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].
Listing updated: 15 August 2023.
References: Lahue-Selig p. 204 : ClasIm-225 p. 43 : Website-IMDb.
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