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My Little Sister (1919)
A woman writes about her sister's tragedy, vowing to help others in similar situations: Because Bettina longs to leave her country home, her loving mother sends her and her serious-minded elder sister to London, accepting their aunt's invitation to visit and allow Bettina to be introduced to society. The girls' dressmaker steals the aunt's photograph and sends it to a woman who, disguised as their aunt, leads the girls to a brothel. After the elder sister escapes, aided by her concerned male companion, she races in a cab to her aunt's home, but is frustrated in her attempt to rescue Bettina by her aunt's infirm state, the inefficiency of the police, and her own inability to remember the location of the house. She finds her cab driver, but he is drunk and soon dies in an accident. After falling ill, the sister, convinced by a dream that Bettina has died, resolves to devote her life to saving other women.
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A woman writes about her sister's tragedy, vowing to help others in similar situations: Because Bettina longs to leave her country home, her loving mother sends her and her serious-minded elder sister to London, accepting their aunt's invitation to visit and allow Bettina to be introduced to society. The girls' dressmaker steals the aunt's photograph and sends it to a woman who, disguised as their aunt, leads the girls to a brothel. After the elder sister escapes, aided by her concerned male companion, she races in a cab to her aunt's home, but is frustrated in her attempt to rescue Bettina by her aunt's infirm state, the inefficiency of the police, and her own inability to remember the location of the house. She finds her cab driver, but he is drunk and soon dies in an accident. After falling ill, the sister, convinced by a dream that Bettina has died, resolves to devote her life to saving other women.
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Genre:Drama
Written By:Kenean Buel
In Theaters:6/15/1919
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Runtime:50 minutes
Studio:Fox Film Corporation
Cast
Kenean Buel
Director
Evelyn Nesbit
The Elder Sister
Leslie Austin
Eric
Lillian Hall
Bettina
Kempton Greene
Ranny
Lyster Chambers
The Stranger
Herbert Standing
Guy Whitby Dawson
Carolyn Lee
Madame Aurore
Amelia Summerville
The Gray Hawk
Ben Hendricks Sr.
The Colonel
Louise Rial
Aunt Josephine
Martha Mayo
The Sisters' Mother
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