The Very Idea (1920)

9.0/10 • 60 min • Comedy Drama

Overview

Gilbert and Edith Goodhue lack nothing in life except a child, which they desperately desire. Edith's brother Alan, who is interested in eugenics, suggests that they pay their chauffeur Joe and maid Nora to have a baby for them. While awaiting the proper time to elapse, Edith and Gilbert travel to Palm Beach for an extended vacation, where Gilbert, attempting to obtain a child for his wife, vamps a dancer with a baby.

Cast

Taylor Holmes

Gilbert Goodhue

Virginia Valli

Betty Ross Clarke

Edward Martindel

Alan

George Cooper

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