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The Cost

4.019201h MovieDrama

Against her father's wishes, Pauline Gardner marries John Dumont, a young philanderer, on his promise that he will reform.

DirectorHarley Knoles
WriterClara Beranger

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Cast · Directed by Harley Knoles

VHViolet Heming
Violet Heming
Pauline Gardner
EMEdwin Mordant
Edwin Mordant
Colonel Gardner
JJ
Jane Jennings
Mrs. Gardner
RKRalph Kellard
Ralph Kellard
John Dumont
EAEdward Arnold
Edward Arnold
Hampden Scarborough
CG
Clifford Grey
William Fanshaw Jr.
CM
Carlotta Monterey
Leonora Fanshaw
APAileen Pringle
Aileen Pringle
Olivia
WGWarburton Gamble
Warburton Gamble
Mowbray Langdon
FM
Florence McGuire
Suzanne
JHJulia Hurley
Julia Hurley
Grandma
ALArnold Lucy
Arnold Lucy

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