Within Our Gates(1920)
Not Merely a Common Moving Picture - A Screen Masterpiece
Abandoned by her fiancé, an educated black woman with a traumatizing past dedicates herself to helping a near bankrupt school for impoverished black children.
Movie: Within Our Gates
Top 10 Billed Cast
Sylvia Landry
Alma Prichard
Conrad Drebert - Sylvia's Fiancé
Larry Prichard - Alma's Stepbrother
Dr. V. Vivian
Mrs. Geraldine Stratton
Mrs. Elena Warwick
Jasper Landry
Jasper's Wife
Efram - Gridlestone's Servant
Video Trailer Within Our Gates
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