The Desire of the Moth

Top 6 Billed Cast

Ruth Clifford

Stella Vorhis

Monroe Salisbury

Christopher Roy

W.H. Bainbridge

Col. Vorhis

Rupert Julian

John Wesley Pringle

Milton Brown

Milton Brown

Matt Lisner

Allan Sears

Dick Marr (as Al Sears)

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