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The Better Way

1914
Directed byChristy Cabanne
0h 10m

Sunbeam's father is sent to prison, and on his release promises to remain honest. He secures a job as a night watchman, but his prison record being discovered, he is fired, and finds it impossible to secure work. Sunbeam gets a job in a a family as a "slavey" in order to support the father and herself, but her father chafes at the idea of his daughter working, although he does not know what her job is nor where. In desperation, he decides to turn crook again, and breaks into the house where his daughter is working.

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Dorothy GishSunbeam
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F.A. Turner
Sunbeam's Father
Josephine CrowellSunbeam's Employer
Seena Owen
William Lowery
David Greenwell
Julia Courtell
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GENRES
Drama
STATUSReleased
RATING
NR

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