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The Custard Cup (1923)

NR ★ 10.0/10 70 min Drama United States English
Writer: G. Marion Burton
Theatre Play: Charles E. Blaney
Streaming: Not available
A New Happy Type of Story BRIGHT AS SUNSHINE! HAPPY AS BLUEBIRDS!

Description

Mrs. Penfield, better known as Penzie, is one of the inhabitants of a tenement neighborhood known as "the Custard Cup" because of its oval shape. Penzie is a widow who lost both her husband and son in the influenza epidemic of 1918 and 1919. She has found fulfillment by taking in three orphans. One of the Custard Cup's other residents is a counterfeiter, and when the police are too hot on his trail, he leaves a package with Penzie and sets a boat aflame when he tries to destroy some phony bills. When the gang is rounded up, Penzie -- who has been looking for one of her adopted children -- is found at the hideout and arrested.

Top Cast

Mary Carr
Mary Carr Mrs. Penfield
Myrta Bonillas Gussie Bosley
Miriam Battista
Miriam Battista Lettie
Jerry Devine Crink
Ernest McKay Thad
Peggy Shaw
Peggy Shaw Lorene Percy
Lisle Leigh
Lisle Leigh Mrs. Percy
Fred Esmelton
Fred Esmelton Jeremiah Winston

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