03 Aug 1919
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.
Fools Highway
Mike Kildare, a swaggering youth from New York City's Bowery at the turn of the century, comes to the defense of Mamie Rose, a mender in a secondhand clothing shop, when his own gang of Irish-Americans insult her.
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Mary Philbin Mamie Rose
Pat O'Malley Mike Kildare
William Collier Jr. Max Davidson
Lincoln Plumer Mike Flavin (the boss)
Ed Brady Jackie Doodle (as Edwin J. Brady)
Max Davidson Old Levi
Kate Price Mrs. Flannigan
Charles Murray Mamie's Father
James Sheridan Ole Larsen (as Sherry Tansey)
Steve Murphy Chuck Connors
Tom O'Brien Philadelphia O'Brien
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