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Sweet Alyssum(1915)
Status: Released
Date: 1915-11-15
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The story of a girl whose mother loved luxury more than honor and the havoc it wrought.
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The boss of iron worker Roanoke Brooks (Power), is having an affair with his wife (Kathlyn Williams). Eventually she commits suicide and her lover dies in an accident. Roanoke lavishes all his love and attention on his daughter (Edith Johnson). As a young woman she goes to the West where she meets the son of the man who broke up her father's marriage.
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United States of America
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Selig Polyscope Company
Movie: Sweet Alyssum
Top 7 Billed Cast
Tyrone Power Sr.
Roanoke Brooks
Kathlyn Williams
Daisy Brooks
Edith Johnson
Sweet Alyssum
Wheeler Oakman
Wynne Garlan
Harry Lonsdale
Thurlow
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The boss of iron worker Roanoke Brooks (Power), is having an affair with his wife (Kathlyn Williams). Eventually she commits suicide and her lover dies in an accident. Roanoke lavishes all his love and attention on his daughter (Edith Johnson). As a young woman she goes to the West where she meets the son of the man who broke up her father's marriage.
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1915-11-15
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The story of a girl whose mother loved luxury more than honor and the havoc it wrought.
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