Given away by her wealthy father, James Harrington, as an infant because she was born a female, Peggy has been raised by a kindly underworld crook. One day, while selling papers at the news stand, Peggy meets rising young attorney George Bentley who convinces her to aid the police in capturing Spike Kelly, a notorious member of her foster parent's gang.
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George Larkin as George Bentley
Harry von Meter as James Harrington
Katharine Lewis as Mrs. Harrington
Reginald Lyons Director of Photography
United States 04 October 1920
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28 May 1920
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13 March 1920
A young slum-reared fellow makes good with a man who befriends him and then sacrifices his good name to save the latter's son.
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.
01 November 1920
Folly Vallance marries millionaire Anthony Bond for his money, but he insists on a marriage in name only.
20 April 1920
Even though the Gommesens have been married for 25 years, they are still in love. They wake up happy on their silver wedding anniversary, but the peaceful atmosphere does not last.
27 September 1920
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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.
25 September 1920
When a circus troupe comes to a small, extremely conservative New England town, the residents go to their minister to have him protest the scandalous fact that the female tightrope walker wears a pair of pink tights.
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.
15 May 1920
The "Black Hound" band of desperadoes abduct a candidate for governor and demand a heavy ransom for him, but the hero and the girl lead a successful rescue party.
04 April 1920
Vania is a political refugee who travels from Russia to the United States. But even in America, she is pursued by assassins known as "the Ring of Death" because she carries certain papers given to her back home by her father.
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