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Why Girls Leave Home(1921)
Status: Released
Date: 1921-09-04
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Greatest of All Human Interest Photoplays - Contrasting the Lives of Two Souls Dragged Out of the Pit by Their Parents. SO TRUE SO REAL SO GOOD You owe it to yourself to see it.
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Mr. Hedder is an old fashioned man who will not let his daughter Anna own an evening gown, but she is given one by a friend who is a model. Hedder believes that she stole it and confers with Mr. Wallace, the owner of the store. On Wallace's advice, Hedder hits Anna, causing her to leave home and move in with some gold diggers.
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Movie: Why Girls Leave Home
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Anna Q. Nilsson
Anna Hedder
Maurine Powers
Madeline Wallace
Julia Swayne Gordon
Mrs. Wallace
Katherine Perry
Edith
Kate Blancke
Mrs. Hedder
Claude King
Mr. Wallace
Coit Albertson
Mr. Reynolds
George Lessey
Mr. Hedder
John B. O'Brien
Joseph
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Mr. Hedder is an old fashioned man who will not let his daughter Anna own an evening gown, but she is given one by a friend who is a model. Hedder believes that she stole it and confers with Mr. Wallace, the owner of the store. On Wallace's advice, Hedder hits Anna, causing her to leave home and move in with some gold diggers.
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Greatest of All Human Interest Photoplays - Contrasting the Lives of Two Souls Dragged Out of the Pit by Their Parents. SO TRUE SO REAL SO GOOD You owe it to yourself to see it.
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