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The Dream Girl
UNITED STATES · 1916

The Dream Girl

Cecil B. DeMille
blackmail redemption class conflict family betrayal probation
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Synopsis

The father of San Francisco waif Meg runs an illegal liquor club and supports "English" Hal in scheme to blackmail a wealthy girl. Meg is put on probation to Benjamin Merton, father of the girl to be blackmailed. When she discovers her father's plan she reveals all, risking expulsion from her new home and the company of its very attractive son Tom.

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