“The story of a struggle against heredity and the awakening of a soul through faith and love.”
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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Cast
6 people
Charles Ray
Billy Bates
Also in
The Busher
The Coward
Sylvia Breamer
Poppy Drayton
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Unseen Forces
The Devil
Andrew Arbuckle
Dr. Griggs
Also in
The Hoodlum
Little Mary Sunshine
William Elmer
'Spider' Doyle
Also in
Carmen
Condemned!
Otto Hoffman
Billy's Valet
Known for
Stranger on the Third Floor
Death Takes a Holiday
Jack Dyer
Wheeler
Victor Schertzinger Director · Jerome Storm Director Thomas H. Ince Writer
United States release March 31, 1918 · Produced in United States
Production
Thomas H. Ince Corporation
Production
United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · March 31, 1918
Theatrical
Russia
January 1, 1923 · Theatrical
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