The Denial

When Dorothy wants to marry Bob (Robert Agnew), her mother, Mildred, forbids the match. Dorothy angrily asserts that Mildred might reconsider if her own mother had forbid her marriage. The rest of the film is a flashback, as Mildred recalls her own youth, when her dictatorial mother did forbid her to marry Lyman. Lyman enlisted with Teddy Roosevelt's Rough Riders to fight in the Spanish-American War, but was killed in battle.

1925

0h 50min

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Top Billed Cast

Claire Windsor
Mildred - the Mother
Bert Roach
Arthur
William Haines
Lyman - Lover in Flashback
Lucille Ricksen
Dorothy - the Daughter
Robert Agnew
Billie - the Young Officer
Emily Fitzroy
Rena - Mother in Flashback
William Eugene
Eugene
Estelle Clark
Rosie
Vivia Ogden
Effie

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