Apr 02, 1920
60 min
Full-HD

Parted Curtains (1920)

A young man just released from prison can't find work because no employer will hire an ex-convict. Broke and hungry, he steals money off of a painter. The painter, however, takes pity on him and decides to help him get his life back together.

Category

Crime

Country

United States of America

Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures National Film Corporation of America

Henry B. Walthall

Joe Jenkins

Mary Alden

Mrs. Masters

William Clifford

The Weasel

Edward Cecil

Wheeler Masters

Margaret Landis

Helen

Michael D. Moore

Bobby Masters

Ann Davis

Charles Wheelock

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