The Seekers

The Seekers

The Seekers

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The Seekers

1916

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Drama

Overview

The quiet life style of Ruth Heck and her brother Lem, who belong to a religious sect called the Seekers, is disrupted when a judge imprisons Lem for a crime he did not commit.

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7 members

Acting

Flora Parker DeHaven

Ruth Heck

Flora Parker DeHaven

Acting

Charles Hill Mailes

Reverend Israel Mount (as Charles Mailes)

Charles Hill Mailes

Acting

Edward Hearn

John Mount

Edward Hearn

Acting

Edwin B. Tilton

Undetermined Role (as Edwin Booth)

Edwin B. Tilton

Acting

Florence Noar

Undetermined Role

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Countess Du Cello

Undetermined Role (as Mary DuCello)

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Paul Byron

Lem Heck

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