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A melodrama focusing on the devastating impact of divorce and parental conflict on their children. A couple's bitter separation and fight for custody inflict profound emotional damage on their young son and daughter. The children are used as pawns in their parents' war, forced to choose sides and navigate a world of adult resentment, ultimately paying the highest price for a situation they did not create.
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- Director
- Lloyd Ingraham
- Writers
- Anita Loos, Frank E. Woods
- Studio
- Fine Arts Film Company
- Released
- 26 November 1916
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 50 min
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