A Private Scandal

Jun 11, 1921

0h 50m

★ 0.0

Overview

A French orphan girl is adopted into the home of wealthy Americans. There she becomes romantically involved with a farm worker and at the same time entangled in the deteriorating marriage of the American couple who rescued her.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Realart Pictures Corporation

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Cast

Jeanne Millett

May McAvoy

Jerry Hayes

Bruce Gordon

Phillip Lawton

Ralph Lewis

Carol Lawton

Kathlyn Williams

Alec Crosby

Lloyd Whitlock

Betty Lawton

Gladys Fox

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