The Song of the Soul

The Song of the Soul

A lightning glimpse of the dark, forbidding swamps of Florida, and blind love that stayed the hands of a mob!

NR 1920 · 50 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama

Jerry Wendover, disfigured since childhood after his act of heroism in saving a little girl from a fire scarred his face, secludes himself in an old house in the Backwater district of Florida. One night he finds Barbara Seaforth, a young blind girl, lost in the swamps and takes her home. The two unfortunates fall in love, marry, and have a child. One day, a visiting doctor tells Jerry that Barbara's sight can be restored. The operation is performed successfully, but the doctor warns his patient to shield her eyes from the light or risk reversal of the surgery. Barbara, realizing her husband's dread of exposing his disfigurement to her, looks at her child and then permanently blinds herself by staring into the light, thus sacrificing her sight for the love of her husband.

Directed by John W. Noble · Written by Robert W. Chambers

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Vivian Martin Barbara Seaforth
Fritz Leiber Jerry Wendover
Ricca Allen Jinny
Charles E. Graham Grooze

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