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Camilla Van Dam is in love with her rich father's poor employee, John Hamilton. Van Dam is against their marriage but proposes an arrangement to which Camilla agrees. Van Dam goes abroad with the understanding that she will not marry for a year or reveal her whereabouts to Hamilton. Announcing to the press that she is accompanying her father, Camilla instead gets a job as a chorus girl, takes an apartment, and supports herself. Hamilton finds her and joins in the deception until Van Dam's secretary tries to make off with the fortune on hearing the false rumor of Van Dam's death. Van Dam consents readily to his daughter's marriage when he returns.

Top Cast

  • Edmund Breese

    Edmund Breese

    Morgan Van Dam

  • Wilfred Lytell

    Wilfred Lytell

    John Hamilton

  • Dorothy Mackaill

    Dorothy Mackaill

    Camilla

  • Marie White

    Marie White

    Gloria Starke

  • William Robyns

    William Robyns

    Rutledge Stone

  • Harold Foshay

    Harold Foshay

    Crittenden Scott Buckley

  • Bradley Barker

    Bradley Barker

    Sloman Zeigler

  • Jack Newton

    Jack Newton

    Sam Hiller

  • Tom Blake

    Tom Blake

    'Bunk' Willis

Overview

Camilla Van Dam is in love with her rich father's poor employee, John Hamilton. Van Dam is against their marriage but proposes an arrangement to which Camilla agrees. Van Dam goes abroad with the understanding that she will not marry for a year or reveal her whereabouts to Hamilton. Announcing to the press that she is accompanying her father, Camilla instead gets a job as a chorus girl, takes an apartment, and supports herself. Hamilton finds her and joins in the deception until Van Dam's secretary tries to make off with the fortune on hearing the false rumor of Van Dam's death. Van Dam consents readily to his daughter's marriage when he returns.

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