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Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1916 · 58 mins
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- Directed by
- Sidney Franklin, Chester M. Franklin
- Starring
- Eugene Pallette, Ralph Lewis, Kate Bruce, Dorothy Gish, Francis Carpenter, Elmo Lincoln
Newly arrived from Holland, Gretchen Van Houck joins her father, who runs an engraving shop in a multicultural tenement. She befriends lively neighbor Pietro and widowed Mrs. Garrity and her children. The mysterious Rogers offers Mr. Van Houck a money‑printing job; the elder accepts, then learns Rogers’ illegal scheme, forcing a moral dilemma.
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