Cyclone Higgins, D.D.(1918)
Anson Campbell returns from the seminary to a small village on the New England coast. When the puritanical villagers persecute Bess Morgan, a "fallen" woman, he sticks up for her, telling them that their form of "Christianity" isn't Christian at all. This has no effect on the bigoted villagers and they turn their anger on him. Complications ensue.
Movie: Cyclone Higgins, D.D.
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Cyrus 'Cyclone' Higgins, D.D.
Sally Phillips
Dorothea
Johnathon Moses Chi Wu Lung
Mary Higgins
Owen Chase
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Anson Campbell returns from the seminary to a small village on the New England coast. When the puritanical villagers persecute Bess Morgan, a "fallen" woman, he sticks up for her, telling them that their form of "Christianity" isn't Christian at all. This has no effect on the bigoted villagers and they turn their anger on him. Complications ensue.
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