A growing source of silent era film information. This listing is from The Progressive Silent Film List by Carl Bennett. Copyright © 1999-2025 by Carl Bennett and the Silent Era Company. All Rights Reserved.

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	Gloria Swanson. Photograph: Silent Era image collection.

Cast: Elliott Dexter [David Markley], Gloria Swanson [Ruth Anderson], Theodore Roberts [Luke Anderson], Julia Faye [the banker’s daughter], Monte Blue [Jim Dirk], Micky Moore (Mickey Moore) [Danny], James Mason [a country masher], Togo Yammamoto [a servant], Theodore Kosloff [a clown], Claire McDowell

Famous Players-Lasky Corporation production; distributed by Paramount Pictures Corporation [Artcraft Pictures; A Paramount Picture]. / Produced by Cecil B. DeMille. Scenario by Jeanie Macpherson. Cinematography by Alvin Wyckoff and Karl Struss. Film editor, Anne Bauchens. Presented by Jesse L. Lasky. / © 26 August 1920 by Famous Players-Lasky Corporation [LP15496]. Released 3 October 1920. / Standard 35mm spherical 1.33:1 format.

Drama.

Synopsis: Synopsis available in AFI-F1 n. F1.4142.

Survival status: Print exists in the George Eastman Museum film archive [35mm positive].

Current rights holder: Public domain [USA].

Keywords: Children - Crutches - Death

Listing updated: 4 November 2023.

References: AFI-F1 n. F1.4142; Bardèche-History p. 204; Hudson-Swanson pp. 128, 129; Quirk-Swanson pp. 90-93 : Website-AFI; Website-GEM.

Home video: DVD.