1918    60mDrama, Romance
7.2
Jeannette Peret, daughter of a cigar-store owner, leaves her Greenwich Village home for France in hopes of finding there the love which eludes her at home. She becomes enamored of le Bebe, a giant of a vegetable peddler, but his unsophisticated ways disillusion her. Edward Livingston, a wealthy young man from home who had spurned Jeannette, now turns up and realizes the error of his ways. But he, too, has a great flaw, and only the outbreak of war , ironically, is able to lead Jeannette to a peaceful conclusion to her quest.
Directed by D.W. Griffith

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  • Lillian GishJeannette Peret / Story
  • Robert HarronEdward Livingston
  • David ButlerMr. Le Bebe
  • Peaches JacksonMiss Peaches
  • Adolph LestinaLeo Peret
  • Elmo LincolnThe American Soldier
  • Edward Peil Sr.The German Officer
  • Kate BruceJeannette's Aunt
  • D.W. GriffithDirector / Writer / Producer
  • Stanner E.V. TaylorWriter
  • Billy BitzerDirector Of Photography

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