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A Petal on the Current
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A Petal on the Current

Aug 3, 1919
1h 0m
★ 0.0

Overview

A shop girl finds herself disgraced after being pressured into drinking too much at a party and getting arrested for public drunkenness.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Universal Film Manufacturing Company

Cast

Mary MacLaren

Stella Schump

Mary MacLaren

Gertrude Claire

Stella's mother

Gertrude Claire

Fritzi Ridgeway

Cora Kinealy

Fritzi Ridgeway

Robert Anderson

John Gilley

Robert Anderson

Beatrice Burnham

Gertie Cobb

Beatrice Burnham

Victor Potel

Victor Potel

David Butler

Ed Kinealy

David Butler

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