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Through the Back Door (1921)

89 min  -  Comedy | Drama  -   5 May 1921 (USA)
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When her mother remarries, a young Belgian girl is left behind with her nurse, but when Germany invades the country, she is sent to America to find her mother.

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Cast

Credited cast:
Mary Pickford ...
Jeanne
Gertrude Astor Gertrude Astor ...
Louise Reeves
Wilfred Lucas Wilfred Lucas ...
Elton Reeves
Helen Raymond Helen Raymond ...
Marie
C. Norman Hammond C. Norman Hammond ...
Jacques Lanvain
Elinor Fair Elinor Fair ...
Margaret Brewster
Adolphe Menjou ...
James Brewster
Peaches Jackson Peaches Jackson ...
Conrad
Doreen Turner Doreen Turner ...
Constant
John Harron John Harron ...
Billy Boy
George Dromgold George Dromgold ...
Chauffeur
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jeanne Carpenter Jeanne Carpenter ...
Jeanne (age 5)
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Storyline

In Belgium in 1903, widowed Madame Bodamere is remarried to a rich American, who insists that she leave her young daughter Jeanne behind with the child's nurse Marie. Several years later, the mother comes back to reclaim her child, but Marie, not wanting to give up Jeanne, tells the mother that the child is dead. When Belgium is invaded in 1914, Marie fears for Jeanne's safety and sends her, now a teenager, to America along with a letter to Jeanne's mother confessing Marie's deception. On the trip, Jeanne picks up two young Belgian orphans and takes them with her. Jeanne finds her mother living on a large estate, and is repeatedly denied the chance to explain who she is. She ends up taking a job as a maid in her mother's mansion, and claiming the two orphans as her own. Meanwhile, her mother grows increasingly despondent, and her marriage soon stands on shaky ground. Written by Snow Leopard  

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Plot Keywords:

Nurse | Belgium | Orphan | Maid | Deception  | See more »

Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

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Also Known As:

Pela Porta de Serviço See more »

Company Credits

Production Co:

Mary Pickford Company See more »
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USA:

Sound Mix:

Silent

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1
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Connections

Featured in Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (1997) See more »