Gretchen the Greenhorn
Gretchen the Greenhorn
Release: 1916-09-03
·Runtime: 58m
·★ 6.0
Crime
Drama
Romance
Gretchen Van Houck is just arriving in the USA, on a ship from Holland. She joins her father, who has already spent several years in America, where he owns an engraving business. In the tenement community where the Van Houcks live, there are residents of many nationalities. Gretchen soon becomes close friends with Pietro, a popular resident, and she also takes an interest in the widow Garrity and her children. Another resident, Rogers, is more mysterious. One day Rogers tells Mr. Van Houck that he could help him get a job printing money for the government. Van Houck eagerly agrees to try, but when he finds out what Rogers is really doing, he is placed in a painful dilemma.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Fine Arts Film Company
Cast
Ralph Lewis
as Jan Van Houck
Elmo Lincoln
as Mystery Ship Captain
Kate Bruce
as Widow Garrity
Francis Carpenter
as A Garrity Kid
'Baby' Carmen De Rue
as A Garrity Kid
Dorothy Gish
as Gretchen Van Houck
Eugene Pallette
as Rodgers
Frank Bennett
as Pietro
Georgie Stone
as Little Nicky Garrity
Gino Corrado
as Wedding Guest
