Bred in the Bone (1915)

DOROTHY GISH in a Powerful Story of Hereditary Impulse "BRED IN THE BONE" How a young girl answers the call of the stage.

Harvy, the heavy, and Bella, the ingenue, of a cheap theatrical company are encumbered with an infant girl. The husband, a worthless, dissipated character, annoyed by the presence of the child and the care the wife is compelled to give it. deserts them both. The show then "busts" and the mother and the infant are left stranded in a small California town.

Cast (5)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

George Beranger

Manager of the 'Fly-by-Night' Theatrical Troupe

Margery Wilson

The Manager's Wife, Mercy's Mother

Alberta Lee

Mrs. Lake

R

Richard Cummings

Mr. Lake

Dorothy Gish

Mercy, at Sixteen

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