The Family Skeleton
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Billy Bates
Poppy Drayton
Dr. Griggs
'Spider' Doyle
Billy's Valet
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Wealthy young Billy Bates's greatest fear is that he has inherited his family curse: drink. But when he falls for a beautiful showgirl from the Ziegfeld Follies, she shows him he has nothing to fear.
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1918-03-31
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The story of a struggle against heredity and the awakening of a soul through faith and love.
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