Debutante Hope Merrill returns home one day to find her financier father Amos Merrill on the verge of committing suicide. Rather than reveal the truth -- that he has misappropriated funds from his own company -- Merrill claims that he has been ruined by young John Cook, Hope's sweetheart.
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Mabel Taliaferro as Hope Merrill
Frank Currier as Amos Merrill
Clifford Bruce as John Cook
Robert Rendel as Gerald Hastings
Lorna Volare as Flower Girl
Emile Collins as Butler
Mary Doyle as Flower Girl
United States 05 March 1917
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20 May 1915
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01 January 1924
When Rufus Asher suspects that Barbara Wier is plotting with his sister's husband, Edmund Hyde, he abducts Barbara and takes her to a lonely mountain retreat.
30 June 1924
Cynthia Redfield elopes with Ernest Herrick, against the wishes of her socially ambitious mother and an unscrupulous millionaire, Bronson Gibbs, who has courted Cynthia with his position.
02 May 1920
Drifter Edwin Drake, estranged from his family, has a prophetic vision and gets his life back on track.
15 March 1931
A power company floods a sleepy Tennessee Valley for a dam to run a hydraulic power plant. Garry, a Northern engineer on the project, falls in love with Caroline, Colonel Bradford's adopted daughter.
25 April 1920
Madame Vavin dies alone in a small French village without knowledge of her second marriage in England known to anyone.
11 March 1917
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26 May 1928
"Basher Bill," a retired prizefighter turned criminal, pretends to reform by joining a Salvation Army shelter in London run by a pious wraith named Elizabeth.
10 October 1925
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16 September 1917
The life of Sam Houston, soldier, statesman, patriot and one of the founders of the Republic of Texas, is depicted.
10 September 1917
Little Betty has a luxurious home, an army of servants and the costliest of toys. But she hasn't what a child wants most of all, other children to play with.
06 August 1917
Inconsiderate millionaire John Benson, philanthropist Oliver North, courageous Langdon Crane, wealthy idler Robert Curtis and Lydia Benson are among the passengers on an ocean liner that is sunk by a German submarine.
14 December 1917
A.J. Raffles, an educated and handsome cricket champ with entry to the best social circles steals precious trinkets and jewels, purely for the love of the game and the thrill of the chase, outwitting police and detectives.
24 June 1917
The social climbing Flower family is comprised of Mr. Flower, a banker who has overextended himself financially, Mrs.
09 April 1917
When the nation of Ruthania declares war on the United States, an army of enemy soldiers invades the U.
17 March 1917
Originally written for Pearl White, this silent serial is a great action-packed adventure starring Molly King and Leon Bary.
12 November 1917
Duplicity and double crosses run thick and fast when Ben Farraday forces Nan Kennedy to steal documents from Ben’s enemy John Lawson in exchange for his silence about her escapee brother’s whereabouts.
15 October 1917
While visiting Alan, who works in Tokyo, she attends a festival with her Japanese maid while wearing a Japanese kimono.
29 October 1917
William Lewis accidentally shoots a policeman while breaking into a house as a prank with his friends.
18 June 1917
Alice, a little newsgirl known as "Sticks", spends her time fighting for her territory against a lot of tough kids.
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