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The Ragged Heiress

March 19, 1922

50 minutes

Harry Beaumont

Drama

Overview

Facing a prison term, James Moreton makes provision for the care of his motherless daughter, Lucia, by his brother and sister-in-law; she is cruelly treated by them and runs away with her nurse, Nora Burke. As a young woman, she takes the name Lucia Burke, and after Nora's death she gets a domestic position in the home of her uncle--each unaware of the other's identity.

Movie Details

Release Date

March 19, 1922

Runtime

50 minutes

Director

Harry Beaumont

Production Companies

Fox Film Corporation

Cast

Shirley Mason

Lucia Moreton

John Harron

Glen Wharton

Edwin Stevens

Sam Moreton

Cecil Van Auker

James Moreton

Claire McDowell

Sylvia Moreton

Aggie Herring

Nora Burke

Eileen O'Malley

Lucia, age 3