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. The film stars

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, Douglas MacLean, William Freeman, and Frances Beech. The film was released on December 15, 1918, by

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. It is not known whether the film currently survives, which suggests that it is a lost film.

Plot

As described in a film magazine, Mirandy's mother Mrs. Judkins (Kelso) "takes in" laundry and Mirandy Judkins (Martin) scrubs the floors of the town opera house. Teddy Lawrence (MacLean), who plays the piano at the theater, is also organist at St. Mark's church. Mirandy upon Teddy's invitation attends church services and meets Rose White (Gennung), who is in love with the minister. Mirandy is given the work of laundering the surplices and is entrusted with a note to the minister pinned to one of the frocks. The not falls out, however, and is not delivered until the minister is called to marry the Boarder (Freeman) to Annie May (Beech). Mirandy and Teddy come to an understanding and manage to smile through their trials and tribulations.

Cast

as Mirandy Judkins * Douglas MacLean as Teddy Lawrence *William Freeman as The Boarder *Frances Beech as Annie May *Gean Gennung as Rose White *Elinor Hancock as Mrs. White (credited as Eleanor Hancock) * Mayme Kelso as Mrs. Judkins (credited as Maym Kelso) * Louis Willoughby as John Kennedy (credited as Lewis Willoughby)

References

External links

* 1918 films 1910s English-language films Silent American drama films 1918 drama films Paramount Pictures films Films directed by William C. deMille American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1910s American films {{1910s-drama-film-stub