
Prudence on Broadway 1919
"A Dramatic Comedy with plenty of action in which demureness disarms a scoundrel and is trapped by a woman's wit"
Overview
Prudence's ( Olive Thomas ) parents send her from their Pennsylvania Quaker colony to a fashionable girls seminary, hoping she can learn about the devil's tricks, instead she engages in girlish pranks, but uses her pure appearance to escape blame. Later, Prudence visits her New York aunt, a society matron, and soon attracts an array of male admirers. She falls in love with wealthy Grayson Mills, but John Melbourne, who lives off of his wife's wealth, plots to seduce her. After Melbourne loans Pr
Director: Frank Borzage
Cast

Olive Thomas
Prudence

Francis McDonald
Grayson Mills

Harvey Clark
John Melbourne
J.P. Wild
John Ogilvie

Alberta Lee
Mrs. Ogilvie

Lillian West
Mrs. Allen Wentworth

Edward Peil Sr.
Mr. Wentworth

Mary Warren
Kitty

Lillian Langdon
Mrs. Melbourne

Claire McDowell
Miss Grayson