Carol Dempster
Sally
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Synopsis
An orphan grows up among carnival performers under the care of a good-hearted confidence man. A booking brings them to the town where her wealthy grandparents live, unaware of her identity. When a romance provokes the local judge's hostility, her guardian must prove who she is before the law separates the improvised family.
Cast
DirectorsD. W. Griffith
Inspirations
D. W. Griffith adapted the stage musical Poppy with W. C. Fields repeating the kind of showman role closely associated with him. The tension between respectable ancestry and a supposedly disreputable guardian gives the comedy its emotional centre.
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Work catalogued as public domain in the United States.
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Availability checked on September 10, 2026.
Photograph credit
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- Carol Dempster — Russell Ball (1896-1942) · Public domain
- W. C. Fields — Harry Warnecke / Lee Jennings Elkins · CC0
