The Greatest Question (1919)

ALL 12/27/1919 (en) Drama 80 Min
  • Release
    12/27/1919
  • Production
    First National Pictures
  • Rotten tomato
    59%
  • Original title
    The Greatest Question
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
    -

Overview

Young Nellie Jarvis, daughter of a wandering couple, witnesses the murder of a woman by a man and his wife. Years later, "Little Miss Yes'm", as Nellie is known, returns to the area as an orphan. Locals Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, though poverty stricken, take her into their family. Fully integrated with the loving Hiltons, she wishes to relieve them of their financial strain. Nellie travels to a nearby farmhouse to gain employment from depraved Martin Cain and his paranoid wife.

  1. D.W. Griffith

    Director

  2. Story

  3. James Smith

    Editor

  4. D.W. Griffith

    Producer



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Casts

  1. Lillian Gish

    Nellie Jarvis

  2. Robert Harron

    Jimmie Hilton

  3. Ralph Graves

    John Hilton Jr.

  4. Eugenie Besserer

    Mrs. Hilton

  5. George Fawcett

    Mr. Hilton

  6. Josephine Crowell

    Mrs. Cain

  7. Katherine Albert

Full Cast & Crew

Casts : 7 , Crews : 6

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The Greatest Question (1919) 80 Min

ALL 12/27/1919 (en)
Drama
  • Release 12/27/1919
  • Production
    First National Pictures
  • Original title The Greatest Question
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

Young Nellie Jarvis, daughter of a wandering couple, witnesses the murder of a woman by a man and his wife. Years later, "Little Miss Yes'm", as Nellie is known, returns to the area as an orphan. Locals Mr. and Mrs. Hilton, though poverty stricken, take her into their family. Fully integrated with the loving Hiltons, she wishes to relieve them of their financial strain. Nellie travels to a nearby farmhouse to gain employment from depraved Martin Cain and his paranoid wife.

  1. D.W. Griffith

    Director

  2. Story

  3. James Smith

    Editor

  4. D.W. Griffith

    Producer