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''Innocence'' is a lost 1923 American silent

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directed by Edward J. Le Saint and starring

Anna Q. Nilsson Anna Quirentia Nilsson (March 30, 1888 – February 11, 1974) was a Swedish-American actress who achieved success in American silent movies. Early life Nilsson was born in Ystad, Sweden in 1888. Her middle name Quirentia is derived from her date ...

. The film was released by the

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, which would later become

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Plot

As described in a film magazine review, theater actress Fay Leslie weds Don Hampton, a wealthy society man. Don becomes jealous of Paul Atkins, an actor friend of Fay. Paul is convicted of a robbery of which he is innocent. He escapes from a prison

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and, after fighting with the crew of a train, makes a daring jump from the train while it is crossing a high

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, diving into a swift flowing river. In the end he is aided by Fay. Because of compromising circumstances, Don believes that she has been faithless and employs a lawyer to seek a divorce. Fay visits the attorney and, through her clever acting, convinces him that she is guiltless and that circumstantial evidence should not be credited. After Paul clears her name, husband and wife are reconciled.

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* 1923 films 1923 drama films 1923 lost films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films American silent feature films Columbia Pictures films English-language drama films Films directed by Edward LeSaint Lost American drama films Lost silent American films Silent American drama films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub