15 Dec 2005
The Secret Life of Words
A solitary nurse bonds with a badly burned patient who survived an accident on an oil rig.
Beggars in Ermine
Another Sensational Success from the Screen's Master Character Actor!
John Dawson loses control of his factory when he is crippled in an accident caused by a rival. Destitute, he travels the country organizing the homeless to help him regain control of his steel mill.
Top Billed Cast
Lionel Atwill John 'Flint' Dawson aka John Daniels
Betty Furness Joyce Dawson
Henry B. Walthall Marchant the Blind Man
Jameson Thomas James 'Jim' Marley
James Bush Lee Marley, Jim's Son
Astrid Allwyn Mrs. Vivian Dawson
George 'Gabby' Hayes Joe Wilson
Lee Phelps Joe Swanson
Clinton Lyle Mike The Mute
Sidney De Gray Davis
Gail Kaye Joyce
Myrtle Stedman Nurse
Gordon De Main Police Captain
Sam Godfrey Enright, Marley's Lawyer
Ed Brady Board Member (uncredited)
Henry Hall Secretary (uncredited)
Alfred Hewston Steel Worker (uncredited)
Lew Hicks Plainclothesman (uncredited)
Lloyd Ingraham Steelworker (uncredited)
Tom London Steel Worker (uncredited)
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