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Synopsis

Stranded in the small town of Buckeye Junction young actress Madge Joy crawls upon a load of hay and falls asleep. Knocked unconscious when young farmer Robert Deep hitches up the wagon not realizing she’s inside she awakes in the Deep living room. "Ma" Deep takes to her at once, but old “Pa” Deep looks at her sternly. Claiming to be a runaway orphan rather than an actress she becomes a member of the family. Falling for Madge Robert confesses he dreams of being a playwright, that night his sister Susan, who has run away to be an actress, reappears. Pa Deep is furious when he finds out his daughter has been on the stage, but Madge reveals that she is herself an actress threatening to go away with Robert unless he makes up with his daughter. Eventually Madge finds fame in New York with Robert following with a play he knows is right.

Director

Albert H. Kelley

Writers

Frank Mitchell Dazey, Agnes Christine Johnston

Language

English

Country

United States of America

Release date

16 June 1921

Ensemble

Cast

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  Viola Dana

  Madge Joy

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  Josephine Crowell

  Ma Deep

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  Nelson McDowell

  Pa Deep

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  Priscilla Bonner

  Susan Deep

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  Aileen Manning

  Mrs. 'Pat'

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  Philip Sleeman

  Jim Sackett

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  Tom Gallery

  Robert Deep

• James Robert Chandler

  Mr. 'Pat'