A Corner in Cotton (1916)
A Metro story of Wall Street and the Sunny South.
Peggy Ainslee, the daughter of a wealthy broker, tires of the empty life of society, and determines on a mission of charity and uplift in the poor quarters of New York City
- Date of release
- 1916-02-21
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 50m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Fred J. Balshofer
Casting
- Marguerite Snow — Peggy Ainslee
- Howard Truesdale — Charles Hathaway
- Lester Cuneo — Willis Jackson
- William Clifford — Richard Ainslee
- Helen Dunbar — Mrs. Carter
- Frank Bacon — Col. Robert Carter
- Zella Caull — Isabel Rawlston
- John Goldsworthy — Algie Sherwood
- Wilfred Rogers — John Carter
Interesting facts
A Corner in Cotton is a five-reel silent film melodrama produced in 1916 by Quality Pictures and distributed by Metro Pictures. The movie was filmed at studios in New York and California and on locations near Savannah, Georgia. A Corner in Cotton was directed by Fred J. Balshofer, with the assistance of Howard Truesdell and adapted for film by Charles A. Taylor from a story by Anita Loos. The film was released on February 21, 1916, with Marguerite Snow in the starring role.
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