The God Within

The woman of the camp implores her lover to marry her, and he promises to do so, but goes away and does not return. Target of the camp's jeers, she lives alone until her child is born dead. The doctor fears for her reason if she discovers that all her shame and anguish have been in vain. He has another maternity case on the outskirts of the camp, where the Saint, as the trapper's wife is known, dies in giving birth to a child...

• Release date
• December 26, 1912
• Runtime
• 17 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• D.W. Griffith

Cast

Henry B. Walthall The Woodsman Claire McDowell The Woodsman's Wife Blanche Sweet The Woman of the Camp Lionel Barrymore The Woman of the Camp's Lover Charles Hill Mailes The Doctor Clara T. Bracy The Madam Christy Cabanne On Street (as W. Christy Cabanne) Charles West In Other Town