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directed by

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and starring Nigh, Irene Howley and Robert Elliott.Parish & Pitts p.293

Cast

as Martin Bradley * Irene Howley as Madge Morrow * Will S. Stevens as Hugh Thorndyke * Robert Elliott as Rodney Thorndyke *

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as Chester Thorndyke * Kathleen Allaire as Dulcie Thorndyke * Ruth Thorp as Mary Graves *

Grace Stevens Grace may refer to: Places United States * Grace, Idaho, a city * Grace (CTA station), Chicago Transit Authority's Howard Line, Illinois * Little Goose Creek (Kentucky), location of Grace post office * Grace, Carroll County, Missouri, an unin ...

as Melinda Liggett *

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as James Durkel * Frank Montgomery as Jim Downing * David Thompson as H. Spencer Seatoon *

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as Lem Harding *

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as Scudder Coleman

References

Bibliography

*Parish, James Robert & Pitts, Michael R. ''Film directors: a guide to their American films''. Scarecrow Press, 1974.

External links

* 1916 films 1916 drama films 1910s English-language films American silent feature films Silent American drama films Films directed by William Nigh Metro Pictures films 1910s American films {{1910s-US-film-stub