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

Justine Johnstone Justine Olive Johnstone (Mrs. Walter Wanger; January 31, 1895 – September 4, 1982) was an American stage, and silent screen actress, turned pathologist. Working under her married name, she was part of the team that developed the modern in ...

Riley Hatch William Riley Hatch (September 2, 1862 – September 6, 1925) was an American singer and actor on stage and in silent films. Hatch's Broadway debut came in ''The Burgomaster'' (1900); his final Broadway appearance was in ''The Nervous Wreck'' ...

, Charles K. Gerrard and

Warner Baxter Warner Leroy Baxter (March 29, 1889 – May 7, 1951) was an American film actor from the 1910s to the 1940s. Baxter is known for his role as the Cisco Kid in the 1928 film ''In Old Arizona'', for which he won the Academy Award for Best Actor at ...

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

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc ( ; ; – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the Coronation of the French monarch, coronation of Charles VII o ...

. 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 *

as Jim Dark, Her Father *

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

Edna Holland Edna Milton Holland (September 20, 1895 – May 4, 1982) was an American actress. Her stage, screen and television career lasted from the beginning of the 20th century to 1965. Biography Holland was the daughter of comedian Edmund Milton Hol ...

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

Preservation

With no prints of ''Sheltered Daughters'' located in any film archives, it is considered a

lost film A lost film is a feature film, feature or short film in which the original negative or copies are not known to exist in any studio archive, private collection, or public archive. Films can be wholly or partially lost for a number of reasons. ...

.The Library of Congress American Silent Feature Film Survival Catalog: ''Sheltered Daughters''
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References

External links

* 1921 films 1921 lost 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 English-language films English-language comedy films {{1920s-silent-comedy-film-stub