Alas and Alack

Oct 10, 1915

0h 13m

★ 5.4

Overview

A fishwife tells her young daughter a fairy story about a princess imprisoned by a hunchback in a seashell, a story that parallels her own life.

Genres

Drama

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Cast

The Fisherwife and Fishermaid

Cleo Madison

The Man of Wealth and the Prince

Arthur Shirley

The Fisher Babe

Mary Kearnen

The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate

Lon Chaney

The Wife of Wealth

Margaret Whistler

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