Storyline

A shop girl finds herself disgraced after being pressured into drinking too much at a party and getting arrested for public drunkenness.

Released

1919-08-03
Revenue

n/a
Budget

n/a
Runtime

1hr 0m
Genre

Drama
Status

Released
Language

No Language
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Production

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Crew

Tod Browning

Director

Waldemar Young

Writer

Keywords:

silent film lost film mother daughter relationship

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Stella Schump

Gertrude Claire

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Cora Kinealy

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