The Girl Who Won Out (1917)

The Girl Who Won Out

1917

Drama

Synopsis

Orphaned after the death of their mother, Nancy Grimm and her baby sister Ellen are taken to the country where Ellen is adopted by the wealthy Walsh family. Nancy keenly feels the loss of her sister, and when the judge rules that she cannot visit Ellen without permission, she throws herself onto a bench, winning the sympathy of young attorney Chester Noble. Nancy is then placed in the Wick's home where she is treated as a servant. Miserable, Nancy cuts off her hair and, dressed as a boy, runs away.

Credits

Director

Eugene Moore

Cast

Barbara Conley as Ellen

Charles Hill Mailes as Mr. Wicks

Gertrude Astor as Mrs. Walsh

L.M. Wells as Mr. Noble

Mattie Witting as Mrs. Harvey (as Mrs. A.E. Witting)

Scott Pembroke as Chester Noble (as P.L. Pembroke)

Sherman Bainbridge as Jack Beal

Violet MacMillan as Nancy Grimm