Common Sense (1920)

10.0/10 55 min Drama

Overview

Dan Bowers, embittered and disillusioned by an unhappy marriage, seeks solitude in the Maine woods, with a lame dog as his only companion. One day he meets Violet Manners who, with her invalid mother Marion, is visiting in a nearby village. Marion is haunted by memories of the past, and one day when Violet takes Dan to meet her mother, she discovers that he is the husband who deserted her years ago. The shock causes Marion's death, but before she dies, she justifies her past behavior toward Dan. -From the AFI Catalog of Feature FIlms.

Cast

Ralph Lewis

Dan Bowers

Vola Vale

Violet Manners

Helene Sullivan

Marion Manners

William Austin

Reggie Barrett

B.F. Blinn

Reggie's Father (as B.F. Blinn)

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