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1919 · 82 mins
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Directed by
Oscar Apfel
Starring
Edward Arnold, Hugh Thompson, Henry Hallam, Ethel Grey Terry, Ann Eggleston, Jack Drumier

Damophilia Illington, nicknamed Phil, is an independent young woman whose progressive professor father dies suddenly. The town’s banker declares himself her guardian and pushes for marriage. Rejecting him, Phil flees, taking a job as an assistant to a Greek literature professor at a nearby university, determined to win his affection.

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