Gretchen the Greenhorn
6.4
Gretchen Van Houck is just arriving in the USA, on a ship from Holland. She joins her father, who has already spent several years in America, where he owns an engraving business. In the tenement community where the Van Houcks live, there are residents of many nationalities. Gretchen soon becomes close friends with Pietro, a popular resident, and she also takes an interest in the widow Garrity and her children. Another resident, Rogers, is more mysterious. One day Rogers tells Mr. Van Houck that he could help him get a job printing money for the government. Van Houck eagerly agrees to try, but when he finds out what Rogers is really doing, he is placed in a painful dilemma.
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Dorothy Gish
Gretchen Van Houck
Known for
Orphans of the Storm
The Cardinal
Ralph Lewis
Jan Van Houck
Known for
The Birth of a Nation
Bernard McConville
Chester M. Franklin
Also in
On His Wedding Day
A Deaf Burglar
Eugene Pallette
Rodgers
Known for
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Sidney Franklin
Elmo Lincoln
Mystery Ship Captain
Also in
Tarzan of the Apes
Alice in Wonderland
Frank Bennett
Pietro
Also in
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Sold for Marriage
Georgie Stone
Little Nicky Garrity
Also in
For Love of Mary Ellen
The Whistle
Kate Bruce
Widow Garrity
Known for
Way Down East
A Corner in Wheat
Beulah Burns
A Garrity Kid
Also in
A Sister of Six
The Tardy Cannon Ball
Francis Carpenter
A Garrity Kid
Also in
Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
Going Straight
Sidney Franklin Director · Chester M. Franklin Director Bernard McConville Writer
United States release September 3, 1916 · Produced in United States
Production
Fine Arts Film Company
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · September 3, 1916
Theatrical
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