Salvage

Salvage

1921 · 60 min · ★ 10.0 · Drama

When her wealthy husband informs her of the death of her baby, Bernice Ridgeway leaves him and takes a tenement apartment opposite that of Kate Martin, whose husband is in prison, and becomes acquainted with Kate and her child. When Kate commits suicide, Bernice takes the child and assumes the dead woman's name; and the child's father, Fred Martin, having finished his term, discovers the deceit but keeps the secret.

Directed by Henry King · Written by Daniel F. Whitcomb

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Pauline Frederick Bernice Ridgeway / Kate Martin
Ralph Lewis Cyrus Ridgeway
Milton Sills Fred Martin
Helen Stone Ruth Martin
Rose Cade Tessie
Raymond Hatton The Cripple
Hobart Kelly Baby

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