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Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916)

1916 · Silent film · 58 min · dir. Chester M. Franklin

  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Romance

Synopsis

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…

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Details

Director
Chester M. Franklin
Writer
Bernard McConville
Cinematography
Frank B. Good
Studio
Fine Arts Film Company
Released
1916-09-03
Running time
58 minutes

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