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Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916)
Gretchen Van Houck is just arriving in the USA, on a ship from Holland. She joins her father, who has already spent several years in America, where he owns an engraving business. In the tenement community where the Van Houcks live, there are residents of many nationalities. Gretchen soon becomes close friends with Pietro, a popular resident, and she also takes an interest in the widow Garrity and her children. Another resident, Rogers, is more mysterious. One day Rogers tells Mr. Van Houck that he could help him get a job printing money for the government. Van Houck eagerly agrees to try, but when he finds out what Rogers is really doing, he is placed in a painful dilemma.
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Gretchen Van Houck is just arriving in the USA, on a ship from Holland. She joins her father, who has already spent several years in America, where he owns an engraving business. In the tenement community where the Van Houcks live, there are residents of many nationalities. Gretchen soon becomes close friends with Pietro, a popular resident, and she also takes an interest in the widow Garrity and her children. Another resident, Rogers, is more mysterious. One day Rogers tells Mr. Van Houck that he could help him get a job printing money for the government. Van Houck eagerly agrees to try, but when he finds out what Rogers is really doing, he is placed in a painful dilemma.
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Genre:Crime, Drama, Romance
Written By:Bernard McConville
In Theaters:9/3/1916
Box Office:
Runtime:58 minutes
Studio:Fine Arts Film Company
Cast
Chester M. Franklin, Sidney Franklin
Director
Dorothy Gish
Gretchen Van Houck
Ralph Lewis
Jan Van Houck
Eugene Pallette
Rodgers
Elmo Lincoln
Mystery Ship Captain
Frank Bennett
Pietro
Georgie Stone
Little Nicky Garrity
Kate Bruce
Widow Garrity
Beulah Burns
A Garrity Kid
Francis Carpenter
A Garrity Kid
'Baby' Carmen De Rue
A Garrity Kid
Violet Radcliffe
A Garrity Kid
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