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Bred in the Bone

DOROTHY GISH in a Powerful Story of Hereditary Impulse "BRED IN THE BONE" How a young girl answers the call of the stage.
Oct 7, 1915 · 40m
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Drama

PLOT

Harvy, the heavy, and Bella, the ingenue, of a cheap theatrical company are encumbered with an infant girl. The husband, a worthless, dissipated character, annoyed by the presence of the child and the care the wife is compelled to give it. deserts them both. The show then "busts" and the mother and the infant are left stranded in a small California town.

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CAST

George Beranger
Manager of the 'Fly-by-Night' Theatrical Troupe
Margery Wilson
The Manager's Wife, Mercy's Mother
Alberta Lee
Mrs. Lake
Richard Cummings
Mr. Lake
Dorothy Gish
Mercy, at Sixteen
Directed by Paul Powell

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Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
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Revenue
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Production
Reliance Film Company
Country
US
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