The Pretty Sister of Jose
Pepita, a radiant and merry Spanish beauty, and her playful brother Jose, witness their mother, whose faded beauty led her husband to abandon her for another, plunge a dagger into her breast.
Pepita, a radiant and merry Spanish beauty, and her playful brother Jose, witness their mother, whose faded beauty led her husband to abandon her for another, plunge a dagger into her breast.
Marguerite Clark
Pepita
Jack Pickford
Jose
Edythe Chapman
The Mother
Gertrude Norman
The Grandmother
Frank Lloyd
The Padre
Rupert Julian
Sebastiano - the Toreador
Teddy Sampson
Sarita
Richard Rosson
Manuel - the Serenader
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