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Marriage License?
UNITED STATES · 1926

Marriage License?

Frank Borzage
class conflict family rejection illegitimacy social scandal redemption through hardship
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Synopsis

When English nobleman Marcus Heriot marries the young Canadian Wanda his family, especially his mother, reject her because of her outsider status. Lady Heriot engineers a scandal that ruins their marriage and after has Wanda’s child declared illegitimate. Years pass during which Wanda and her son Robin rebuild their lives through toil. Now grown Robin enters the military, and Marcus reenters their

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