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The Greatest Question

1919·Directed by D.W. Griffith

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Released
December 27, 1919
Runtime
1h 20m

About The Greatest Question

  • Drama

Synopsis

Young Nellie Jarvis, daughter of a wandering couple, witnesses the murder of a woman by a man and his wife. Years later, "Little Miss Yes'm", as Nellie is known, returns to the area as an orphan. Locals Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, though poverty stricken, take her into their family. Fully integrated with the loving Hiltons, she wishes to relieve them of their financial strain. Nellie travels to a nearby farmhouse to gain employment from depraved Martin Cain and his paranoid wife.

Director
  • D.W. Griffith
Writers
  • Stanner E.V. Taylor
  • WHWilliam Hale

Principal cast

In billing order
  • Lillian GishNellie Jarvis
  • Robert HarronJimmie Hilton
  • Ralph GravesJohn Hilton Jr.
  • Eugenie BessererMrs. Hilton
  • George FawcettMr. Hilton
  • Josephine CrowellMrs. Cain
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