“"A wife surrendering her virtue to provide treatment for her ailing husband."”
George Anderson, a struggling author, works in the daytime as a clerk in the office of Emmet Standish, the publisher, and at night writes on his novel, "The Mortal Sin."
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Viola Dana
Jane Anderson
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George Anderson
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Emmet Standish
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Ricca Allen
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Henry Leone
Jean Rambeau
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Louis B. Foley
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Finger Prints
John H. Collins Director · John Arnold Cinematographer
United States release March 12, 1917 · Produced in United States
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Columbia Pictures
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
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United States · March 12, 1917
Theatrical
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