A young Englishman falls in love with the children's governess in his step-sister's home. His step-sister, however, cannot abide the class differential in the romance and sabotages it. The young man, in a state of boredom and depression, begins to invite into the house anyone who happens to pass by in the street.
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Herbert Rawlinson as Peter Waverton
Leila Valentine as Margaret Summers
Ellen Cassidy as Beatrice Dainton (as Ellen Cassity)
Pauline Coffyn as Lady Hurley
William J. Ferguson as Pine, the Butler
Tom Lewis as Nighty
Dick Lee as Burns
Charles Stuart Blackton as Little Peter (as Charles Blackton)
C. Haddon Chambers Theatre Play
J. Stuart Blackton Director
Stanley Olmstead Writer
William S. Adams Director of Photography
United States 20 June 1920
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20 March 1920
April Poole (Davies), a young writer in love with publisher Kerry Sarle (Tearle), visits the office of Mr.
29 March 1920
Struggling artist Ned Templeton and his wife Joan are leading a poverty-stricken life in Paris. Threatened by starvation and eviction, Joan is forced to become a prostitute.
29 August 1920
When respectable Lloyd Norwood becomes infatuated with moll Goldie Lewis, he falls into a life of debasement, which results in his being accused of the murder of gangland henchman Joe the Swell.
04 December 1920
A stranger rides into a little town on his white horse, where he finds plenty of excitement and a love affair awaiting him.
27 September 1920
Silent film about Darwin's evolution theory
01 April 1920
Mrs. John Cleveland, victim of an overly-jealous husband, adopts a child but, fearing to bring it into her own household, furnishes another home for it, and places the little girl in charge of a nurse.
21 May 1920
Robert and Beth Bordon are married but share little. He runs into Sally at a cabaret and the Gordons are soon divorced.
18 March 1920
The carefree Countess Evelyn lives a life of luxury at her people’s expense. Even her 25th birthday must be celebrated with a bang, even though the coffers are empty and the people are waiting for their paychecks.
04 September 1920
A young girl has to prove her skillness with the gun against a gang outlaws, revealing herself as the real heroine of a Western town.
29 November 1920
In the film, Breamer’s character, Miriam Holt (“the girl who sees around corners”), proves her psychic powers by locating children who went missing during the war.
31 October 1920
Two factory owners, Hiram Maxwell and Nicholas Harding are almost polar opposites -- Maxwell pays careful attention to his employees needs, while Harding totally disregards them.
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