The Claim (1918) B. A. RoLFE presents The Unrivalled Star EDITH STOREY in The CLAIM A 5-ACT METRO ALL STAR SERIES PLAY from The Big Broadway Success of the Same Name EDITH STOREY "The Bernhardt of the Screen" in The CLAIM John Cannot Forget Either the Singer or the Song. A GREAT PLAY with A GREAT STAR "I Always Liked That Annie Laurie Song" "You'll Know Soon Enough Who I Am."  Story fro the Play "Tha Claim," by Charles Kenyon, author of "Kindling," and Frank Dare Adapted by June Mathis and Leighton Osmun Directed by Frank Reicher "Just Leave That Girl Alone." Something About The Story "THE CLAIM," with brilliant Edith Storey, is even stronger as a screen drama than as a stage play. The story is woven around Belle Jones, who, unable to support herself and child after her gambler husband has deserted them, abandons her baby and takes up work as a cabaret singer in a dance hall. Learning, a few years later, that her child's guardian is the gal for whom her husband left her, and the sister of a wealthy miner who killed jones, Belle goes to their town to demand $20,000 or the little one. The brother and Belle meet, unaware of each other's identity, and fall in love. When Belle goes to the girl to obtain her revenge, and learns who her brother is, the story attains dramatic heights rarely seen on the stage or screen. How Belle and the brother solve their problem is told ina fresh, gripping fashion. THE BUTLER TODAY Oct. 5th with Edith Storey, Wheeler Oakman, and Mignon Anderson. Directed by Frank Reicher. Metro. More Information on this film...                                      This work (The Claim (1918), by Metro), identified by Bruce Calvert, is free of known copyright restrictions. Books (none) Last Modified February 16, 2024