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5.9/10

The Greatest Question (1919)

NR | 1 Hours 20 Minutes

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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