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Ethel Barrymore Clorinda Gildersleeve
William B. Davidson Malcolm Grant
Maude Hill Margaret Palliser
Frank Gillmore Reverend Arthur Bainbridge
Ilean Hume Pansy Wilde
Ricca Allen Mrs. Scattergood
Myra Brooks Mrs. Wedlock (as Myra Brooke)
George Stevenson Butler
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