The Deciding Kiss

The Deciding Kiss

1918 · 47 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama

The first part is pathetic and shows Eleanor Hamlin (Edith Roberts) severing home ties with her grandparents to be "adopted" by a party of idle rich on the cooperative plan. The parties adopting her are single, and one of them, Beulah Page (Winifred Greenwood), has her own ideas on the subject of raising the young - these ideas absolutely precluding the main requisite, love.

Directed by Tod Browning · Written by Bernard McConville

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