Wealthy Mrs. John Grant Nottingham instructs her attorney to find an ugly girl to whom she will bequeath her millions, in order to spite her scheming daughter-in-law Emily Nottingham. The lawyer discovers Annie Johnson, a homely orphan who lives in a tenement, caring for Mrs. Cadogan's six children at night and working in a department store during the day. Annie is accepted by Mrs. Nottingham as her sole heir, and she soon wins the old woman's affection. Because of her new happiness, Annie changes into a lovely girl, and Emily's son Willard Kaine Nottingham falls in love with her. When Mrs. Nottingham dies, Emily contests the will and wins the inheritance for herself, but Annie's future is secured when she accepts Willard's marriage proposal.
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Mary Miles Minter
Annie Johnson
Also in
Nurse Marjorie
The Ghost of Rosy Taylor
George Fisher
Willard Kaine Nottingham
Also in
For the Term of His Natural Life
Civilization
Eugenie Forde
Mrs. Emily Nottingham
Also in
The White Rosette
The Innocence of Lizette
Gertrude Le Brandt
Mrs. J.G. Nottingham
Also in
Through the Toils
Mama's Affair
George Periolat
Andrew Walters
Known for
The Mark of Zorro
Robert Klein
Dr. James Macelroy
Also in
Dante's Inferno
The Lady from Longacre
Charles Newton
Launders
Also in
Colorado
Superstition
Emma Kluge
Miss Turner
Also in
The Ghost of Rosy Taylor
Tangled Skeins
Nellie Widen
Norah
Also in
Her Country's Call
Lucille Ward
Mrs. Cadogan
Known for
Christmas in July
James Kirkwood Director · Frederick J. Jackson Writer Julian La Mothe Writer
United States release May 14, 1917 · Produced in United States
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American Film Company
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United States
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English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · May 14, 1917
Theatrical
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