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The Black Sheep(1912)
Status: Released
Date: 1912-07-19
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Time: 0h 15m
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You would think that the death of his wife through his dissipation and neglect would have brought Jack Moreland to his senses. Instead he is more dissipated, and deserts his child, Clara, who is taken by her uncle, Harold Moreland, and brought up in ignorance of her father's existence.
Languages: No Language.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Vitagraph Company of America
Movie: The Black Sheep
Top 10 Billed Cast
Maurice Costello
Harold Moreland - the Black Sheep's Brother
Helene Costello
Clara Moreland as a Child
Zena Keefe
Clara Moreland as an Adult
James Morrison
Percival Summers - Clara's Sweetheart
Leah Baird
Mrs. Moreland - Clara's Mother
Rose Tapley
Mrs. Harold Moreland
Leonard Grover
The Doctor
Harry Northrup
Edwin R. Phillips
Jack Moreland - the Black Sheep
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You would think that the death of his wife through his dissipation and neglect would have brought Jack Moreland to his senses. Instead he is more dissipated, and deserts his child, Clara, who is taken by her uncle, Harold Moreland, and brought up in ignorance of her father's existence.
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1912-07-19
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