19 Jan 1929
The Case of Lena Smith
A peasant girl goes to great lengths to protect her child in 19th century Vienna. The film is considered lost, and only four minutes of footage are known to remain.
Chicken Casey
A young author, Everett Dryden Hale, has written a book of such strength and originality that it becomes one of the best sellers. The book is entitled "Waifs" and deals with the underworld, a subject of which Hale, who is a New Englander with a Puritanical strain, knows by personal experience, practically nothing at all.
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Dorothy Dalton Chicken Casey / Mavis Marberry
Charles Gunn Everett Hale
Howard Hickman 'Dickey' Cochran
Tom Guise Israel Harris (as Thomas Guise)
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