A Petal on the Current

A shop girl finds herself disgraced after being pressured into drinking too much at a party and getting arrested for public drunkenness.

1919

1h 0min

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Top Billed Cast

Mary MacLaren
Stella Schump
Gertrude Claire
Stella's mother
Fritzi Ridgeway
Cora Kinealy
Robert Anderson
John Gilley
Beatrice Burnham
Gertie Cobb
Victor Potel

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