The Greatest Question Trailer (1919)

27 December 1919 Drama 80 mins

Young Nellie Jarvis, daughter of a wandering couple, witnesses the murder of a woman by a man and his wife. Years later, "Little Miss Yes'm", as Nellie is known, returns to the area as an orphan. Locals Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, though poverty stricken, take her into their family. Fully integrated with the loving Hiltons, she wishes to relieve them of their financial strain. Nellie travels to a nearby farmhouse to gain employment from depraved Martin Cain and his paranoid wife.

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Cast

Lillian Gish as Nellie Jarvis

Robert Harron as Jimmie Hilton

Ralph Graves as John Hilton Jr.

Eugenie Besserer as Mrs. Hilton

George Fawcett as Mr. Hilton

Josephine Crowell as Mrs. Cain

Katherine Albert

Crew

D.W. Griffith Director

Stanner E.V. Taylor Writer

D.W. Griffith Producer

Billy Bitzer Director of Photography

James Smith Editor

William Hale Novel

International Titles

Justice Trailer

International Releases Dates

United States 27 December 1919

Production Companies

First National Pictures

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