What Every Girl Should Know

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What Every Girl Should Know

1927

1h 10m

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Romance

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A young girl and her two brothers are sent to a children's home after their older brother, who is the only one supporting them, winds up in jail.

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Patsy Ruth Miller

Mary Sullivan

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Ian Keith

Arthur Graham

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Carroll Nye

Dave Sullivan

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Mickey McBan

Bobby Sullivan

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Lillian Langdon

Mrs. Randolph

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Carmelita Geraghty

Madame Le Fleur

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Hazel Howell

Estelle Randolph

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