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The Burden Bearer (1915)

The Burden Bearer poster
Directed by
Burton L. King
Genre
silent film
Country
United States
Runtime
25 min
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A department store saleslady secretly marries an architect but her employer fires married women. Her husband ignores her when she becomes pregnant and he later dies in an accident. She eventually marries a coworker who has always loved her.

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