''Sheltered Daughters'' is a 1921 American silent film directed by Edward Dillon, starring

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, Riley Hatch, Charles K. Gerrard and

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Plot

Jim Dark (Hatch) is a police officer determined to shelter his daughter, Jenny (Johnstone), from the world and its evils. As a result, Jenny lives in a dream world, fascinated with

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. She meets a man posing as a Frenchman (Gerrard) who takes advantage of her and her naivete. He asks Jenny's help in collecting charity ostensibly for French orphans, all the while planning to pocket the money. Jenny's father, though, learns of the plot and intervenes before the outlaw can get away.

Cast

as Jenny Dark * Riley Hatch as Jim Dark, Her Father *

as Pep Mullins * Charles K. Gerrard as French Pete *Helen Ray as Adele *

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as Sonia *James Laffey as Cleghorn *Jimmie Lapsley as Pinky Porter *Dan E. Charles as The Ferret

Preservation status

It is not known whether any prints of the film survive.The Library of Congress/FIAF American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog:''..Sheltered Daughters''
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References

External links

* * 1921 films Silent American comedy films 1921 comedy films Films directed by Edward Dillon American black-and-white films American silent feature films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub