The Third Generation (1920)
When Alden Van Dusen, a third-generation member of a prestigious old New York family, is faced with the alternatives of allowing his firm to go bankrupt or becoming involved in fraud, he decides on suicide. As he is about to drown himself, Alden is attacked by a thug and, in the ensuing struggle, his assailant is killed. Seizing upon the opportunity, Alden changes identities with the dead man and drifts West, where he becomes an employee in his firm's mine.
Director:
Henry Kolker
Writer:
Henry Kolker
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Betty Blythe as Helen Van Dusen |
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Mahlon Hamilton as Alden Van Dusen |
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Betty Brice as Miss Scales |
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Jack Pratt as Cuthbert Steele |
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Josef Swickard as Colonel Alden Van Dusen |
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Fred Kelsey as Brody |
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Peggy Cartwright as Nancy Jane |
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Edward Cecil as Bert Caldwell |
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Herbert Jones as Barker |
| Directing | Henry Kolker | Director |
| Writing | Henry Kolker | Screenplay |
| Camera | Charles R. Seeling | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Arthur Ripley | Writer |