Young John Adams is working his way through college and lives in a boarding house where Jane, a hardworking and unassuming maid, falls deeply in love with him. John, however, is initially oblivious to Jane's feelings. He is instead infatuated with Ethelda Rathbone, a socially prominent college girl. John wishes to attend a high-society ball where Ethelda will be present, but he lacks the means or social standing to fit in. As the story progresses, the "plain" Jane proves her worth and devotion, eventually winning John's heart over the more superficial Ethelda.
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Bessie Barriscale
Jane, 'The Orphint'
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Charles Ray
Mr. 'John Sophomore Adams'
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Fanny Midgley
Nora O'Grogan
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Sabel Johnson
Ethelda Rathbone
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Frederick Verstner
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Charles Miller Director · C. Gardner Sullivan Writer
United States release October 8, 1916 · Produced in United States
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New York Motion Picture
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United States
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English
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No dialogue
Release dates
United States · October 8, 1916
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