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Sally of the Sawdust
UNITED STATES · 1925

Sally of the Sawdust

D.W. Griffith
family reunion social class conflict circus life redemption forbidden romance
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Synopsis

Judge Foster throws his daughter out because she married a circus man. She leaves her baby girl with Professor McGargle before she dies. Years later Sally is a dancer with whom Peyton, a son of Judge Foster's friend, falls in love. When Sally is arrested McGargle proves her real parentage.

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