While the Devil Laughs

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While the Devil Laughs

"THE STORY OF A GIRL BOUND BY FETTERS THAT SEARED, WHO UNLOCKED THEM WITH LOVE AND FAITH."

1921

0h 50m

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Drama

Overview

Mary Franklin has a drunken father, an invalid mother, and a kid brother and sister to support. To make ends meet she is works as a hostess in a sleazy cafe, where she steals jewelry from her dancing partners.

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9 members

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Louise Lovely

Mary Franklin

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William Scott

Billy Anderson

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G. Raymond Nye

'Fence' McGee

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Edwin B. Tilton

Mr. Foreman (as Edwin Booth Tilton)

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Clarence Wilson

Joe Franklin

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Molly Shafer

Mother Franklin

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Elita Proctor Otis

Pearl De La Marr (as Oleta Ottis)

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Coy Watson Jr.

Gus Franklin

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Helen Field

Gertie Franklin

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