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directed by

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and starring

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and

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.Munden p.381 It is also known by the

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of ''Love's Test''.

Synopsis

When he is falsely accused of having fathered a child with another woman, a man is abandoned by his fiancée and disinherited by his father. He leaves for China. There he meets a dancer, Carlita, who persuades him to return home and establish the truth, despite the fact she herself loves him.

Cast

as Gerald Erskine *

as Carlita *

as Mary Keith *

Earle Larrimore Eugene Earle Larimore (August 2, 1899 – October 22, 1947) was an American stage and film actor. Biography Larrimore was born in Portland, Oregon, in 1899. He was a cousin of actress Laura Hope Crews. He began his career as a stage actor, appear ...

as Jimmie *

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as George Gordon * Ali Yousoff as Pietro * John Costello as Capt. Broady *

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as Bobby * Bernice Vert as Anna Martin

References

Bibliography

* Munden, Kenneth White. ''The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1''. University of California Press, 1997.

External links

* 1928 films 1928 drama films Silent American drama films Films directed by Bernard McEveety American silent feature films 1920s English-language films American black-and-white films 1920s American films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub