Through the Back Door

Through the Back Door

1921•1h 30m•6.1/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

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6.1/10(9)

A young Belgian girl, raised by her longtime nanny, flees Europe at the advent of World War I and travels to America to find her real mother.

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Production

United Artists, Mary Pickford Company

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford

Jeanne Bodamere

Gertrude Astor

Gertrude Astor

Louise Reeves

John Harron

John Harron

Billy Boy

Helen Raymond

Marie

Adolphe Menjou

Adolphe Menjou

James Brewster

Wilfred Lucas

Wilfred Lucas

Elton Reeves

C. Norman Hammond

C. Norman Hammond

Jacques Lanvain

Elinor Fair

Elinor Fair

Margaret Brewster

Peaches Jackson

Peaches Jackson

Conrad

Doreen Turner

Doreen Turner

Constant

George Dromgold

Chauffeur

Jeanne Carpenter

Jeanne Carpenter

Jeanne (age 5)

Walter Wilkinson

Kate Price

Kate Price

Imaginary mother (uncredited)

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