Lifting the Ban of Coventry

The story

Even though his widowed mother and sweetheart, Mary Putnam, disapprove, Worth Stuyvesant insists on going to West Point and becoming a soldier. Ultimately, Mary breaks off their engagement and Stuyvesant goes on a bender. His conduct is reported to the commander, who sends him to the sub post of Del Rio for 60 days of tour duty. There, Stuyvesant meets Lola Montez, an adventuress. With the help of a couple of her pals, Lola gets him drunk and marries him. But Stuyvesant lives up to his duties as a husband and surprisingly, Lola renounces her old ways and becomes a model wife.

Cast & crew

Darwin KarrWorth Stuyvesant

Lillian WalkerMary Putnam

Julia Swayne GordonLola Montes

Rose TapleyMrs. Worth Stuyvesant

Harry NorthrupCadet David Hanks

Ned FinleyColonel H.E. Jenkins

Helene CostelloHelen Stuyvesant - their child