

Lelia Crofton, a Louisiana belle of the 1860s, loves Burleigh Mavor. By chance, she sees one of her father's black stablemen making love to a neighbor's maid, whom she supposed was white. The incident shocks Lelia and leaves a great impression upon her. When she rejects suitor Steve Daubeney, he threatens to expose a damaging secret about her mother, whom she has never met. Remembering the incident with the neighbor's maid, Lelia worries that her mother might be black, and when Daubeney learns of her fears, he leads her to believe that they are well-founded.
Director: Lucius Henderson

Lelia Crofton

Burleigh Mavor

Major Crofton

Steve Daubeney
Stella Crofton
Col. Mavor
Ambrose Mavor
Col. Daubeney

Mrs. Hampton
Fifi Hampton