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Directed by Arch Heath / Harry A. Pollard / Robbie Baldwin Ross1929Silent / Archive
The eighteen-year-old Magnolia meets, falls in love with, and elopes with riverboat gambler Gaylord Ravenal. After her father Captain Andy dies, Magnolia, Ravenal, and their daughter Kim leave the boat and go to live in Chicago, where they live off Ravenal's gambling earnings and are alternately rich and poor.
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The eighteen-year-old Magnolia meets, falls in love with, and elopes with riverboat gambler Gaylord Ravenal. After her father Captain Andy dies, Magnolia, Ravenal, and their daughter Kim leave the boat and go to live in Chicago, where they live off Ravenal's gambling earnings and are alternately rich and poor.
- Director
- Arch Heath / Harry A. Pollard / Robbie Baldwin Ross
- Year
- 1929
- Runtime
- Genres
- Silent / Archive