Lost in a Big City

Mar 30, 1923

1h 12m

★ 0.0

SEE! THE RACING AUTO PLUNGE OVER THE FALLS THE MA RIDE OF THE TROOPERS THRILLING RACE BETWEEN TRAIN AND AIRPLANE

Overview

Prospector Harry Farley returns from Alaska to find that his sister, Helen, has gone to New York with Florence, her blind daughter, after being deserted by her husband, Richard Norman. Under the name of Sidney Heaton, Norman has married Blanche Maberly and fallen in with a bootlegging gang while succumbing to the blackmail of Dick Watkins. Helen dies, Heaton kidnaps Florence, but Harry tracks him to the Adirondacks.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Blazed Trail Productions

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Cast

Harry Farley

John Lowell

Florence

Baby Ivy Ward

Helen

Jane Thomas

Blanche Maberly

Evangeline Russell

Trooper Ned Livingston

Eddie Phillips

Mrs. Leary

Ann Brody

Simeon Maberly

Charles Mackay

Jasper

Jules Cowles

Leota Miller

Sidney Heaton

Charles Byer

Duboni

Whitney Haley

Salvatori

Edgar Keller

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