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1918

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Drama

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A runaway becomes a thief and is sentenced to a reformatory.

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6 members

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Mae Murray

Joan Darby

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Clarissa Selwynne

Mrs. Van Twiller (as Clarissa Selwyn)

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Wheeler Oakman

Bertram Van Twiller

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Casson Ferguson

Louis Maguire

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Katherine Griffith

Mrs. Kelly (as Mrs. Griffith)

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Florence Carpenter

Margaret Van Twiller

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