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  • Playthings (1918)
  • 50 min | Drama
Playthings (1918)
50 min | Drama

Marjorie North, a department store clerk, falls in love and has an affair with the store owner's son, Gordon Trenwith, but realizes when her baby is born without a name that he meant only to use her as a plaything. Having turned down John ...See moreMarjorie North, a department store clerk, falls in love and has an affair with the store owner's son, Gordon Trenwith, but realizes when her baby is born without a name that he meant only to use her as a plaything. Having turned down John Hayward, a struggling young lawyer, in the hope that Gordon would marry her, Marjorie finds herself alone until Claire Morgan and her new husband, Jerry Thompson, take her in. After several years, during which Marjorie's child is killed, John, now a successful attorney, discovers her whereabouts and, imagining that she originally rejected him because he was poor, again asks for her hand. Ashamed of her past, she refuses him with no explanation, but when she learns that Gordon plans to marry John's sister, she finally confesses everything in order to save the girl. In the subsequent fight between Gordon and John, the villain is killed, but at the trial Gordon's secretary confesses that he killed his employer to settle a score of his own concerning his wife's honor. John forgives Mary and they finally marry. Written by AFI See less
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Director
Writers
Sidney Toler (play) | F. McGrew Willis (scenario)
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Updated Aug 12, 1918

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Aug 12, 1918 (United States)

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7 cast members
Name Known for
Fritzi Brunette
Marjorie North Marjorie North   See fewer
Myrtle Reeves
Claire Morgan Claire Morgan   See fewer
Charles K. Gerrard
Gordon Trenwith Gordon Trenwith   See fewer
Lew Cody
John Hayward John Hayward   See fewer
Phil Dunham
Jerry Thompson Jerry Thompson   See fewer
Mary Anderson
Gwendoline Gwendoline   See fewer
F.A. Turner
Jim Carter (as Fred A. Turner) Jim Carter (as Fred A. Turner)   See fewer
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