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Top 7 Billed Cast

Ronald Colman
Ronald Colman

Bob

Eric Barker
Eric Barker

Jack (as a child)

Manora Thew
Manora Thew

Rose

George Dewhurst
George Dewhurst

Jack

Gwynne Herbert
Gwynne Herbert

Mother

John Corrie
John Corrie

Lighthouse Keeper

Mollie Terraine
Mollie Terraine

Merchant's Daughter

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    British romantic drama film starring Ronald Colman as a young man who leaves behind his family and girl in a Cornish fishing village to seek his fortune in London. Two of five reels survive.

  • Release Date

    1919-03-01

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    6

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