Mrs. Martin is a poor widowed mother who returns home after unsuccessfully searching for work. Unable to provide food for her daughter, she pawns her cloak and leaves the child’s letter behind. Her desperation prompts Mike McLaren to arrange gifts and provisions for her household.
Ruth is the daughter of a pawnbroker and the central figure in the story. She falls in love with a young bookstore owner, defies her father's ultimatum to be with him, and later struggles in poverty after his death. When her father eventually comes to reconcile with her, she dies moments later.
Katharina is Bianca’s older sister and the central figure in the conflict with Petruchio. She drives away Bianca and her suitors, violently attacks her music teacher and Petruchio, and resists her marriage and life in Petruchio’s household. After telling her father how she has been treated, she changes her mind about leaving and returns to Petruchio.
Mrs. Brown is Mr. Brown's wife. She leaves her necklace at home and later finds Mr. Wells in the house, where he coerces her into hiding him by threatening to claim they are lovers. She tells her husband that Wells is a thief, and when Wells raises a gun at him, she shoots Wells in the wrist. The stolen valuables prove her account.
She is Doctor Harcourt's wife and Edith's mother. Deeply concerned as Edith's illness worsens, she sends the maid to summon her husband twice. Her attempts to bring him home establish the painful conflict between his duty to Edith and his treatment of the other sick girl.
Florence Lawrence has 266 screen credits in a career dating back to 1906. Signature works include Irony of Fate, Old Heads and Young Hearts, The Time-Lock Safe. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
