Awakening, The

Release Date:   January 16, 1913
Distributor:   Mutual
Reels:   1
Brand:   Flying A
Genre:   Drama
Director:   Allan Dwan
Confirmed Cast:   Jack Kerrigan, Jack Richardson, Jessalyn Van Trump, Louise Lester,
Story Summary:

The mountain girl is left alone after the death of her mother and she wanders the hills alone. After her collapse she is found by a mountain man who takes her to his cabin. The cabin becomes her new home and the man falls in love with her.A second man arrives one day and tells the girl of the wonderful places he has seen and will see in future. She decides to go with him but once they begin to travel he makes advances to her which she rejects. He forces her to continue along with him but she breaks away. During the chase the man looses his footing and falls down a cliff to his death. The girl returns to the other man and her cabin home.- D.D. (from MoMA print screening)

Unique Occurences

The Museum of Modern Art holds an incomplete print of this film without opening title, closing scene(s) and credit. However the essential action is there. The 35mm print is 950 feet long.

Additional Info

The title was first used for this one-reeler but was later used as the title for a 1916 two-reeler.


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