"THE ROMANCE OF A NIGHT-HOSTESS!"
During a raid, a cop lets a pretty speakeasy employee escape and later begins dating her. Although she loves him, his salary and dull life leave her wanting.
Social & External
The people behind it
Tom Moore
Tom Hayes
Blanche Sweet
Julia Barnes Hayes
Sally Starr
Buddy
Robert Agnew
Rags
John Miljan
Chris Miller
Lew Kelly
Tish
Tom London
Hennessy
Eugene Borden
Lefty
Jack Byron
Duke
Nita Martan
Rita
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An escaped convict, injured during a robbery, falls in love with the woman who nurses him back to health, but their relationship seems doomed from the beginning.
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Megan Carter is a reporter duped into running an untrue story on Michael Gallagher, a suspected racketeer. He has an alibi for the time his crime was allegedly committed—but it involves an innocent party. When he tells Carter the truth and the newspaper runs it, tragedy follows, forcing Carter to face up to the responsibilities of her job when she is confronted by Gallagher.
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