05 Mar 1915
Florence Nightingale
The film portrays the life of Florence Nightingale, particularly her innovations in nursing during the Crimean War (1854–56).
The Callahans and the Murphys
The story of two feuding Irish immigrant families living in a tenement.
Top Billed Cast
Marie Dressler Mrs. Callahan
Polly Moran Mrs. Murphy
Sally O'Neil Ellen Callahan
Lawrence Gray Dan Murphy
Eddie Gribbon Jim Callahan
Frank Currier Grandpa Callahan
Gertrude Olmstead Monica Murphy
Anne Shirley Mary Callahan (as Dawn O'Day)
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