Dorothy Phillips was starred as Elinor Crawford, a small-town girl who becomes a reporter on a big-city newspaper -- and immediately plunges into the "Bohemian" lifestyle. Assigned to interview a condemned murderer, Elinor must first obtain permission from criminal lawyer Evan Klavert (William Stowell), who happens to hail from Elinor's hometown and who prudishly disapproves of her current mode of living.
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Dorothy Phillips as Elinor Crawford
Gretchen Lederer as Francesca Taft
Gertrude Astor as Eugenia Darth
William Stowell as Evan Kilvert
J. B. McLaughlin as Bertie Vawtry
Jean Porter as Jean
Eugene Owen as James
Lon Chaney as Seducer (uncredited)
Ida May Park Director
Ida May Park Writer
King D. Gray Director of Photography
Edna Kenton Story
United States 17 October 1917
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