On the Banks of the Wabash

Oct 22, 1923

1h 10m

★ 0.0

Overview

An inventor, David Hammond is the son of a ship's captain. He leaves his sweetheart, Lisbeth Bixler, and goes to the city to promote his invention. Lisbeth's father, an unsuccessful artist, deserts his family, secretly intending to commit suicide.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Vitagraph Company of America

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Cast

Anne Bixler

Mary Carr

'Cap' Hammond

Burr McIntosh

David

James Morrison

Paul Bixler

Lumsden Hare

Yvonne

Mary MacLaren

Lisbeth

Madge Evans

Sash Brown

George Neville

Tilda Spiffen

Marcia Harris

Westerley Spiffen

Edward Roseman

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