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A Daughter of the Poor

1917 50 minutes
64/100

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A young girl, Rose Eastmen lives with her lazy Uncle, who works as a janitor in a publishing house. Lacking education, both Rose and her Uncle are susceptible to the socialist ideas of writer Rudolph Creig. One day Rose encounters Jack Steven's the wealthy son of the publishing house, working on his car. She believes he is a common laborer, and begins seeing him. Through her exposure to Jack, Rose begins to realize the rich are not such an abominable people. Rudolph has also reached this conclusion after learning Steven's has published his book. Now with a hefty royalty check and success, Rudolph is able to marry Rose.

Released

17th March 1917

109 years ago

Runtime

50 minutes

Finishes at 9:38pm

Ratings and awards

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    6.4/10

  • FilmFlow Logo

    64%

Directed by

Edward Dillon

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Written by

Anita Loos

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