Heliotrope

Heliotrope

Heliotrope

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Heliotrope

"A theme as big as the heart of the world."

1920

1h 10m

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Drama

Overview

A prison inmate obtains his release from prison in order to rescue his daughter from the clutches of her unscrupulous mother's plot to implicate the girl in a blackmail scheme.

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10 members

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Wilfred Lytell

Jimmie Andrews

Wilfred Lytell

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Ben Hendricks Sr.

Sol Goldman (as Ben Hendricks)

Ben Hendricks Sr.

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Julia Swayne Gordon

Josephine Hasdock

Julia Swayne Gordon

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Betty Hilburn

Mabel Andrews

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Diana Allen

Alice Hasdock

Diana Allen

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Frederick Burton

Heliotrope Harry Hasdock (as Fred Burton)

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Clayton White

George Andrews

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William B. Mack

'Spike' Foley

William B. Mack

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William H. Tooker

Governor Mercer

William H. Tooker

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Thomas Findley

Warden Michael Pyne (as Thomas J. Findla)

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