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The Noon Hour

1915•14m
ComedyDrama

Ada Prentice, a girl in a knitting factory, is forbidden by her parents to marry John Horrocks. She confides in her Aunt Sarah, the oldest worker in the factory. Aunt Sarah tells Ada that she has every right to live her own life and to marry the partner of her own choice. The old woman knows what she is talking about, since in her youth she had given up her chance for happiness by rejecting the only man she could have loved.

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Production

Reliance Film Company

Language

EN

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Billie West

Billie West

Ada Prentice - Aunt Sarah's Niece

Cora Drew

Cora Drew

Ada's Mother

Monte Blue

Monte Blue

Ada's Brother

Kate Toncray

Kate Toncray

Francis Carpenter

Francis Carpenter

Child

Florence Elmer

Aunt Sarah

O.V. MacDiarmid

John Horrocks - Ada's Lover

John Cosgrove

Ada's Father

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