Lionel and Daniel Houston both love a Southern beauty named Virginia, and when she finally chooses Daniel, Lionel angrily moves North and turns his full attention to the acquisition of wealth. Virginia dies in childbirth, leaving Daniel to rear little Virginia alone. A rich aunt promises to leave Daniel a fortune provided he resume contact with his brother, whereupon Virginia, determined to effect a reconciliation between the two men, answers Lionel's ad for a cook and settles into his luxurious estate. There Virginia meets and falls in love with Lionel's adopted son Perry Arnold, but faces stiff competition in Rose Mason, in reality a crook who hopes to obtain Lionel's secret stock market papers. In the end, Virginia not only unmasks Rose's plot and wins Perry, but reunites her long-estranged father and uncle.
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14 people
May Allison
Virginia Houston
Also in
A Fool There Was
David Harum
Harry Hilliard
Perry Arnold
Also in
The New York Peacock
The Little White Savage
Frank Currier
Lionel Houston
Known for
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Edward Connelly
Daniel Houston
Known for
The Saphead
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse
Christine Mayo
Rose Mason
Also in
The Shock
Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman
Fred C. Jones
Henry Du Bois
Also in
The Girl Without a Soul
God's Country and the Law
Kate Blancke
Aunt Louise
Also in
The Pretenders
Lest We Forget
Pauline Dempsey
Aunt Judy
Also in
The Good-Bad Wife
Broadway Rose
Anthony Byrd
Uncle Joshua
Also in
The Eyes of Mystery
Her Boy
Phoebe Starr
Maurice Steuart
Also in
Death Curse of Tartu
The Flapper
Howard Oppenheim
Harry L. Franklin Director · June Mathis Writer Katharine Kavanaugh Writer
United States release July 15, 1918 · Produced in United States · Languages English, No dialogue
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Metro Pictures Corporation
Production
United States
Produced in
The Way to a Man's Heart
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Original language
English
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English · No dialogue
Release dates
United States · July 15, 1918
Theatrical
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