A socialite couple thinks only of themselves. When they become bored with one another, they divorce and marry others (several times). The person who suffers most from their cavalier outlook on life is their cute little daughter Mary Jane Irving.
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Ethel Clayton as Margaret Harvey
Charles Meredith as Dr. Robert Harvey
Mary Jane Irving as Doris Harvey
Anna Lehr as Lola Forbes
Walter McGrail as Courtney Webster
Adele Farrington as Mrs. Mason
United States 04 March 1922
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