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The Return of Eve (1916)
83 min | Drama

The Return of Eve (1916)

83 min | Drama

Believing that over-civilization was destroying the race, Eli Tapper, an eccentric millionaire, took two unrelated orphan children, a boy and a girl, and placed them in a wilderness, there in the care of an old tutor, David Winters, to ...See moreBelieving that over-civilization was destroying the race, Eli Tapper, an eccentric millionaire, took two unrelated orphan children, a boy and a girl, and placed them in a wilderness, there in the care of an old tutor, David Winters, to grow up as a new Adam and Eve, and become path-breakers of a better race. In delightful simplicity and educated as much as they could be without contact with the world, the children attain the age of nineteen years. Mrs. Tupper-Bellamy, society leader, lives in costly splendor against the day when she hopes to inherit her brother millions. She plans to marry her daughter, Clarice, to Seymour Purchwell, society idler of standing and also an attorney. Purchwell makes it plain that the marriage can occur if Eli Tupper's fortune goes to the girl and her mother. When Tupper dies the sister and her set learn for the first time of his odd experiment. His will provides that the sister must take Adam and Eve into civilization in order to win an annuity of $50,000 a year. The orphans are heirs to the rest. Purchwell sets out to find them. He locates the Eden of the boy and girl and old Winters, and is literally the serpent in the garden. Winters resents leaving, but a clash between Adam and Purchwell decides him. Plunged amidst the whirl of social affairs Eve is delighted. Adam is disgusted with the sham and deceit of society, and pleads with her to return to Eden. She refuses. Winters takes him to Paris to study. Purchwell, seeking the Tupper fortune, turns his attention to Eve. Clarice is in a frenzy of affection spurned, and after finding the two alone she accuses them before the whole house party. Eve, in her innocence, does not readily grasp the meaning of the charge. When it dawns on her she faces the guests, and in her bitterness denounces them as tools of passion and greed, and announces that she will give up all and return to Eden. With old Winters, she returns. Adam is recalled from Paris, and the girl and the boy, now awake to their love, together with their beloved guardian, give up the world. Written by Moving Picture World synopsis See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Edna Mayo Eve Eve See fewer	Frauds (1915)
Eugene O'Brien Adam Adam See fewer	Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1917)
Edward R. Mawson David Winters (as Edward Mawson) David Winters (as Edward Mawson) See fewer	The Builder of Bridges (1915)
Edward Arnold Seymour Purchwell Seymour Purchwell See fewer	You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Emily Fitzroy Mrs. Tupper-Bellamy Mrs. Tupper-Bellamy See fewer	Driven (1923)
Leona Ball Clarice Bellamy Clarice Bellamy See fewer	The Chaperon (1916)
John Cossar John Raymond John Raymond See fewer	My Lady of Whims (1925)
Renee Clemmons Trixie Shevlin Trixie Shevlin See fewer	The Misleading Lady (1916)