Marion Davies
Patricia O'Day
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Synopsis
An Irish family races to New York so a son can claim an inheritance before a deadline. When he dies during the voyage, his sister assumes his identity to preserve their chance. Living as the missing heir brings her into conflict and then affection with the young man who would otherwise receive the fortune.
Cast
DirectorsSidney Olcott
Behind the scenes
Marion Davies plays the disguised heir in a lavish recreation of early nineteenth-century New York. A replica of Robert Fulton's Clermont was built for the production, connecting the inheritance comedy to the city's developing steamboat era.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
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- Marion Davies — Screenland · Public domain
- Harrison Ford — Paramount Pictures · Public domain
