They Call It Sin

They Call It Sin

In 1920...They called it "Flaming Youth" TODAY... "They Call it Sin"

1932 · 69 min · ★ 6.0 · Drama

A young, innocent small-town church organist is thrown out of her home, told she was adopted, and that her mother was an evil woman. She follows a crush to the big city and is left fending for herself.

Directed by Thornton Freeland · Written by Lillie Hayward

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