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Are Parents People?

192570 minUnited States
Comedy

Synopsis

Caught between divorcing parents, Lita learns that their feelings for each other may not be gone. Trouble at her boarding school gives them a shared concern, and she accepts blame for another girl's conduct in the hope of bringing them together.

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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified.
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64:59
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No spoken dialogue. Intertitles: not identified. No subtitle track in this language.

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Wikimedia Commons · Malcolm St. Clair · Public domain

Cast

DirectorsMalcolm St. Clair

Historical context

The comedy views parental separation through the daughter's attempt to influence adult behaviour. Betty Bronson plays Lita opposite Florence Vidor and Adolphe Menjou as her parents.

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