The Ragged Heiress

The Ragged Heiress

1922 · 50 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama

Facing a prison term, James Moreton makes provision for the care of his motherless daughter, Lucia, by his brother and sister-in-law; she is cruelly treated by them and runs away with her nurse, Nora Burke. As a young woman, she takes the name Lucia Burke, and after Nora's death she gets a domestic position in the home of her uncle--each unaware of the other's identity.

Directed by Harry Beaumont · Written by Jules Furthman

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Shirley Mason Lucia Moreton
John Harron Glen Wharton
Edwin Stevens Sam Moreton
Cecil Van Auker James Moreton
Claire McDowell Sylvia Moreton
Aggie Herring Nora Burke
Eileen O'Malley Lucia, age 3

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