18 Mar 2023
The Hillsdale Adoption Scam
Desperate for a child, a couple welcome a surrogate mother into their lives, only to discover she's a con artist who's out to steal their money.
Bad Little Angel
IT'S GOT THE HEART-THROB of "BOYS TOWN"
A bible-guided Victorian orphan befriends a bootblack in a strange town.
Top Billed Cast
Virginia Weidler Patricia Victoria Sanderson
Gene Reynolds Thomas 'Tommy' Wilks
Guy Kibbee Luther Marvin
Ian Hunter Jim Creighton (Sentinel editor)
Elizabeth Patterson Mrs. Perkins
Reginald Owen Edwards, Marvin's Valet
Henry Hull Red Wilks
Lois Wilson Mrs. Ellen Creighton
Arthur Aylesworth John Little, Orphanage Manager (uncredited)
Wade Boteler Policeman (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs Lem Dodd, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
Esther Dale Miss Brown, Orphanage Secretary (uncredited)
Jack Daley Mr. Miller, Exiting from Train (uncredited)
John Dilson Mr. Brown, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
Byron Foulger New Sentinel editor (uncredited)
Harry Hayden Mr. Simms, Man in Jim's Office (uncredited)
Edward Hearn Fireman (uncredited)
Russell Hicks Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)
Mickey Kuhn Bobby Creighton, Age 5 (uncredited)
George Irving Dr. Bell (uncredited)
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