A Successful Adventure (1918)
Lionel and Daniel Houston both love a Southern beauty named Virginia, and when she finally chooses Daniel, Lionel angrily moves North and turns his full attention to the acquisition of wealth. Virginia dies in childbirth, leaving Daniel to rear little Virginia alone. A rich aunt promises to leave Daniel a fortune provided he resume contact with his brother, whereupon Virginia, determined to effect a reconciliation between the two men, answers Lionel's ad for a cook and settles into his luxurious estate. There Virginia meets and falls in love with Lionel's adopted son Perry Arnold, but faces stiff competition in Rose Mason, in reality a crook who hopes to obtain Lionel's secret stock market papers. In the end, Virginia not only unmasks Rose's plot and wins Perry, but reunites her long-estranged father and uncle.
Director: Harry L. Franklin
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May Allison as Virginia Houston |
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Harry Hilliard as Perry Arnold |
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Frank Currier as Lionel Houston |
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Edward Connelly as Daniel Houston |
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Christine Mayo as Rose Mason |
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Fred C. Jones as Henry Du Bois |
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Kate Blancke as Aunt Louise |
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Pauline Dempsey as Aunt Judy |
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Anthony Byrd as Uncle Joshua |
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Phoebe Starr as |
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Maurice Steuart as |
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Howard Oppenheim as |
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Lionel Houston as |
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Dion Muse as |
| Directing | Harry L. Franklin | Director |
| Writing | Katharine Kavanaugh | Writer |
| Writing | June Mathis | Writer |
| Crew | Arthur Martinelli | Cinematography |
| Crew | Michael Whelan | Cinematography |
| Directing | P. Thad. Volkman | Assistant Director |