Cy Whittaker's Ward (1917)

10.0/10 • 50 min • Drama

Overview

Returning to the village of Bayport after twenty-two years, retired sea captain Cyrus Whittaker finds the community under the power of political boss Herman Atkins. Cy opposes Atkin's choice for the position of teacher and helps to elect Miss Daws instead, thus earning the enmity of the politician. One day, a young girl named Emily Thomas arrives with a note from Sarah Oliver, a relative of Cy, explaining that the girl is the daughter of his old sweetheart and that her father is in jail and her mother dead.

Cast

William Wadsworth

Captain Cy Whittaker

Shirley Mason

Emily Thomas

Mary Elizabeth Forbes

Phoebe Daws

Wallis Clark

Bailey

Justus D. Barnes

Simmons

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