Tomboy Bess Aiken grows up quickly when her mother deserts her father to elope with wealthy Easterner Vernon Treloar. Left alone with her father, Bess begins to long for feminine companionship, and when an opportunity arises for Bess to visit her newly-remarried mother, her father consents. The little girl soon finds herself in a fairytale world of beautiful gowns and extravagant luxury. Believing that anything her mother does must be correct, Bess soon learns to smoke and drink, much to the displeasure of Kirke Livingston, who loves her but fears she has inherited her mother's weaknesses. Bess disregards his warnings until one day she finds her mother embracing another man. Disillusioned, she departs immediately for her father's cabin, traveling through the woods all night. At daybreak, Kirke finds her and wins her hand in marriage.
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Henry A. Barrows
Vernon Treloar
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William Elmer
Price Lovel
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Harrison Ford
Kirk Levington
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Vivian Martin
Bess Aiken
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Charles Ogle
Judd Aiken
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The Ten Commandments
Carmen Phillips
Camilla Aiken
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George Melford Director · Beulah Marie Dix Writer Alice McIver Writer
United States release October 13, 1917 · Produced in United States
Production
Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · October 13, 1917
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