In this movie, a wealthy man named Lennox manipulates and betrays a poor country girl named Anna, tricking her into a fake wedding and leaving her pregnant. After her baby's death, Anna finds work with Squire Bartlett, but her past haunts her and she rejects David's affections. When Lennox returns, Anna refuses to reveal his true nature and instead exposes him as the father of her dead child, ruining his reputation.
Way Down East
A young woman from the countryside is deceived into a fake marriage by a sly and corrupt city resident, and subsequently faces the difficulties of raising a child born out of wedlock.