Lilies of the Field

Feb 29, 1924

1h 30m

★ 0.0

- they toil not, neither do they spin -

Overview

A young mother, Mildred, doesn't know that her husband Walter is cheating on her. One night she attends a party with a friend of her husband's, and the man gets drunk and begins groping her when they get home. Her husband sees this and uses it as an excuse to sue his wife for divorce. In the ensuing trial he wins, due to fraudulent evidence, and gets custody of the child. Complications ensue.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Corinne Griffith Productions

First National Pictures

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Cast

Mildred Harker

Corinne Griffith

Louis Willing

Conway Tearle

Doris

Alma Bennett

Vera

Sylvia Breamer

Mazie

Myrtle Stedman

Walter Harker

Crauford Kent

Charles Lee

Charles Murray

Gertrude

Phyllis Haver

Florette

Cissy Fitzgerald

Amy

Edith Ransom

Ted Conroy

Charles K. Gerrard

Rose

Dorothy Brock

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