Movie: Alas and Alack

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Cleo Madison
Cleo Madison

The Fisherwife and Fishermaid

Arthur Shirley
Arthur Shirley

The Man of Wealth and the Prince

Mary Kearnen
Mary Kearnen

The Fisher Babe

Lon Chaney
Lon Chaney

The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate

Margaret Whistler
Margaret Whistler

The Wife of Wealth

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    A fishwife tells her young daughter a fairy story about a princess imprisoned by a hunchback in a seashell, a story that parallels her own life.

  • Release Date

    1915-10-10

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    5.2

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