Gretchen the Greenhorn (1916) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

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.