When her baby daughter Eleanor is traumatized after her father perishes in a storm at sea, Mother Coutierre sends the girl to live with her aunt in Paris. Years later, Eleanor, now a successful model in Paris, is surprised by a visit from her elder sister Marie, who has come to hide the birth of her illegitimate child. When Mother Coutierre arrives and believes Eleanor to be the infant's mother, Eleanor continues the deception so that her sister can marry Pierre Bondel, a fisherman.
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Enid Bennett
Eleanor Coutierre
Known for
Robin Hood
Rowland V. Lee
Jacques
Also in
The Woman in the Suitcase
Dangerous Days
Margery Wilson
Marie Coutierre
Known for
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
John Gilbert
Jean Coutierre
Known for
The Big Parade
Queen Christina
Gertrude Claire
Mother Coutierre
Also in
The Coward
The Cradle of Courage
William Fairbanks
Raoul Bergere
Also in
Wolf Lowry
Fighting Youth
Tod Burns
Pierre Bondel
Also in
A Lucky Blowout
Borrowed Plumage
Roy William Neill Director · Lambert Hillyer Director Maude Pettus Story
United States release July 15, 1917 · Produced in United States
Production
Triangle Film Corporation
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United States
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English
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No dialogue
Release dates
United States · July 15, 1917
Theatrical
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