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The Common Sin
Also known as For Your Daughter’s Sake in the USA
(1920) United States of America
B&W : Six reels
Directed by Burton King

Cast: Grace Darling [Needa Searles], Rod La Rocque [Hugh Stanton], Anders Randolf [John Davis Warren], Nita Naldi [Warren’s mistress], James Cooley [Toppy Harlan], Stephen Gratton (Stephen Grattan) [Frederick Searles], Alice Gordon [Mrs. Searles], Virginia Valli [Ethel Searles]

Burton King Productions production; distributed by Hallmark Pictures Corporation. / Scenario by F. McGrew Willis, from the short story “The Common Sin” by Willard Mack. Cinematography by Ernest Haller. / © 8 November 1921 (as For Your Daughter’s Sake) by J.W. Film Corporation [LU17208]. Released July 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format. / The film was rereleased in the USA as For Your Daughter’s Sake in five reels by J.W. Film Corporation in late 1921 or early 1922.

Drama: Society.

Survival status: The film is presumed lost.

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Listing updated: 25 December 2024.

References: Website-AFI; Website-IMDb.

 
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