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Daughters of Today (1924)
Mabel Vandergrift moves from the country to the city and enrolls in an upscale college. She starts to hang around with a "fast" crowd, and one night at a party a young man picks her for his "conquest". She fends him off, but when he is later found dead she is charged with his murder. Her boyfriend from back home hears about her troubles and comes to the city to clear her name and find the real killer.
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Mabel Vandergrift moves from the country to the city and enrolls in an upscale college. She starts to hang around with a "fast" crowd, and one night at a party a young man picks her for his "conquest". She fends him off, but when he is later found dead she is charged with his murder. Her boyfriend from back home hears about her troubles and comes to the city to clear her name and find the real killer.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Lucien Hubbard
In Theaters:2/2/1924
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Runtime:81 minutes
Studio:Sturgeon-Hubbard Company, Selznick Distribution Corporation
Cast
Rollin S. Sturgeon
Director
Patsy Ruth Miller
Lois Whittall
Ralph Graves
Ralph Adams
Edna Murphy
Mabel Vandegrift
Edward Hearn
Peter Farnham
Philo McCullough
Reggy Adams
George Nichols
Dirk Vandegrift
Gertrude Claire
Ma Vandegrift
Phillips Smalley
Leigh Whittall
Zasu Pitts
Lorena
Henry Hebert
Calnan
Fontaine La Rue
Mrs. Mantell
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