"Thrills, Tears, Mystery Smiles for Old and Young" 01 April 1921 Adventure, Family 50 mins
Patches, a kind-hearted orphan of the slums, finds life unbearable under the cruel abuse of his stepfather, Old Whiskers, for whose support he is forced to steal. Stowing away in a freight car with his dog, he escapes to a neighboring town where he is given a home by Mrs. Lane, sister of the town judge.
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B. Reeves Eason Jr. as Patches
Fred Herzog as Old Whiskers
Lee Shumway as John Wellborn
Molly Shafer as Mrs. Lane
Gertrude Olmstead as Sally
United States 01 April 1921
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06 November 1921
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11 June 1921
Bart Carson is in love with Lou and even goes to jail to save Walter A. Walker, a man she says is her brother but who is really a husband who has deserted his wife and two children.
20 February 1921
Boone Stallard, elected to the Kentucky Legislature by a mountain district, clashes with Randolph Marshall, a Blue Grass aristocrat who is engaged to Anne, the governor's daughter.
05 June 1921
A practical joke makes a man get off before his intended stop, leading to all sorts of trouble.
17 June 1921
Rosalie Wayne (Talmadge) meets Reginald Carter (Ford) after he introduces himself while chasing her dog with one of his oxfords, and she marries him in haste.
12 March 1921
French Canadian trapper Victor Raoul returns to the trading post at St. Ignace to find a rival for the affections of Yvonne, his business partner's daughter, in the Marquis Courtière, Parisian representative of the fur company.
23 January 1921
Because Bob Meredith (Jack Holt) spends all his time working, his wife Margaret (Lois Wilson) feels the romance has ebbed away from their marriage.
01 January 1921
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