Through The Back Door

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Through The Back Door

1921

1h 30m

6.0(7 votes)

Comedy

Drama

Overview

A young Belgian girl, raised by her longtime nanny, flees Europe at the advent of World War I and travels to America to find her real mother.

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14 members

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Mary Pickford

Jeanne

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Gertrude Astor

Louise Reeves

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John Harron

Billy Boy

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Helen Raymond

Marie

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Adolphe Menjou

James Brewster

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Wilfred Lucas

Elton Reeves

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C. Norman Hammond

Jacques Lanvain

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Elinor Fair

Margaret Brewster

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Peaches Jackson

Conrad

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Doreen Turner

Constant

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George Dromgold

Chauffeur

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Jeanne Carpenter

Jeanne (age 5)

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Walter Wilkinson

Unknown Role

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Kate Price

Imaginary mother (uncredited)

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