Kate, whose father, a university graduate, died when she was very young, is adopted by her tenement neighbor, Mrs. McMahon, after her mother, a woman of refinement, dies. At ten, the ill-nourished girl, who has grown up watching her drunken foster father fight with her overworked foster mother, goes to work in a factory after Mr. McMahon loses his job. During the next eight years, Kate's stepbrother, Big Bill McMahon, becomes her friend, sweetheart and protector.
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Ella Hall
Kate
Also in
The West~Bound Limited
Under the Top
Robert Z. Leonard
Big Bill McMahon (as Robert Leonard)
Known for
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Mae Talbot
Big Bill's mother
Also in
Live Sparks
A Bit o' Heaven
Mark Fenton
Big Bill's father (as Marc Fenton)
Known for
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Allan Forrest
Guy Melton
Also in
The Desert Bride
The Ghost of Rosy Taylor
Anna Lehr
Marion Melton (as Anne Lehr)
Also in
The Truth About Husbands
Men
Helen Wright
Mrs. Melton
Also in
Just Plain Folks
The Heart of a Show Girl
Robert Z. Leonard Director · Harry G. Stafford Writer
United States release July 29, 1915
Production
Universal Film Manufacturing Company
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English
Release dates
United States · July 29, 1915
Theatrical
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