"Not Merely a Common Moving Picture - A Screen Masterpiece" 12 January 1920 Drama, Crime, Romance 74 mins
Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children.
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Evelyn Preer as Sylvia Landry
Flo Clements as Alma Prichard
James D. Ruffin as Conrad Drebert - Sylvia's Fiancé
Jack Chenault as Larry Prichard - Alma's Stepbrother
Charles D. Lucas as Dr. V. Vivian
Bernice Ladd as Mrs. Geraldine Stratton
Mrs. Evelyn as Mrs. Elena Warwick
William Starks as Jasper Landry
Mattie Edwards as Jasper's Wife
E.G. Tatum as Efram - Gridlestone's Servant
Grant Edwards as Emil Landry
Grant Gorman as Armand Gridlestone
William Smith as Philip Gentry - A Detective
Ralph Johnson as Philip Gridlestone
Jimmie Cook as (uncredited)
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Argentina 10 March 2007
United States 12 January 1920
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