The Little Duchess
Cast & Crew
Harley Knoles
Madge Evans
Pinna Nesbit
Jack Drumier
James Gunnis Davis
Patrick Foy
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Synopsis
Impoverished widow Evelyn Carmichael, aware that she is about to die, writes to her wealthy father-in-law Lord Carmichael, who had disowned his son years earlier, pleading that he rescue his granddaughter Geraldine, known as Jerry, from a life in the slums. Lord Carmichael, an avowed woman-hater since his wife disappeared years earlier with his brother, expects Jerry to be a boy and is appalled to find otherwise. However, the lord is won over by Jerry's sweetness, and when Jim Dawson, a neighbor of Jerry's from the tenements, arrives at Carnimore Castle with his daughter Sophia, whom he is trying to pass off as Jerry, the lord exposes them as imposters and then expells them from his castle. Meanwhile, Jerry has also won over the hearts of the servants, whom she is drilling into a play army. One day, while on an excursion into an unused tower of the castle, they discover a locked room in which reside two skeletons. A note near one of the skeletons explains that Lord Carmichael's wife and his brother had been exploring the tower when the lock sprung and trapped them, causing their deaths. Lord Carmichael, realizing that his wife didn't betray him, has his faith in women restored and makes Jerry mistress of the castle.
Director
Harley Knoles
Cast
Madge Evans
Pinna Nesbit
Jack Drumier
James Gunnis Davis
Patrick Foy
Maxine Elliott Hicks
Sheridan Tansey
Mrs. Nellie Anderson
Charles Hartley
Richard Clarke
Harry Bartlett
Nora Cecile
Ivan Dobble
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Notes
The title of this film was changed from Jerry For Short. Contemporary sources for the film listed actor Gunnis Davis as either James Gunnis Davis or James Davis.
