Summary After an idyllic mountain life in Russia, Berna goes to live with her uncle in the Jewish section of Kiev, arriving just as Cossacks massacre most of the Jews in the city. Berna escapes to New York and works at a sweatshop controlled by Boss Jim McManus, but he seduces her, then throws her out on the street, and she becomes a prostitute. Berna later marries Nicolay Turgenev, a young musician, and they soon have a child, but McManus' daughter Ellen falls in love with Nicolay after seeing him perform and convinces him to leave Berna. To make the separation legal, McManus, now a judge, grants Nicolay a divorce and also gives him custody of the child. Almost insane, Berna goes to McManus, denounces him at gunpoint and then kills him. View more details
Directed : Charles Giblyn
Written : C. Gardner Sullivan
Stars : Dorothy Dalton Anna Lehr Jack Standing William H. Thompson
Genres : Drama
Release date : Apr 22, 1916
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Filming locations : Inceville, Santa Ynez Canyon, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies : Kay-Bee Pictures New York Motion Picture
Summary After an idyllic mountain life in Russia, Berna goes to live with her uncle in the Jewish section of Kiev, arriving just as Cossacks massacre most of the Jews in the city. Berna escapes to New York and works at a sweatshop controlled by Boss Jim McManus, but he seduces her, then throws her out on the street, and she becomes a prostitute. Berna later marries Nicolay Turgenev, a young musician, and they soon have a child, but McManus' daughter Ellen falls in love with Nicolay after seeing him perform and convinces him to leave Berna. To make the separation legal, McManus, now a judge, grants Nicolay a divorce and also gives him custody of the child. Almost insane, Berna goes to McManus, denounces him at gunpoint and then kills him. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Apr 22, 1916
Countries of origin : United States
Language : English None
Filming locations : Inceville, Santa Ynez Canyon, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production companies : Kay-Bee Pictures New York Motion Picture
