
The Greatest Question (1919)
Drama
Young Nellie Jarvis, daughter of a wandering couple, witnesses the murder of a woman by a man and his wife. Years later, "Little Miss Yes'm", as Nellie is known, returns to the area as an orphan. Locals Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, though poverty stricken, take her into their family. Fully integrated with the loving Hiltons, she wishes to relieve them of their financial strain. Nellie travels to a nearby farmhouse to gain employment from depraved Martin Cain and his paranoid wife.
Director: D.W. Griffith
Writer: Stanner E.V. Taylor
The Cast

Lillian Gish
Nellie Jarvis

Robert Harron
Jimmie Hilton

Ralph Graves
John Hilton Jr.

Eugenie Besserer
Mrs. Hilton

George Fawcett
Mr. Hilton

Josephine Crowell
Mrs. Cain

Katherine Albert
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