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Children Not Wanted (1920)
60 min | Drama

Children Not Wanted (1920)

60 min | Drama

When her best friend dies and leaves her four-year-old daughter Betty in her care, orphan Dorothy Crane, feeling unwelcome in the home of her aunt and uncle, takes her charge and heads for New York City. There she discovers that children ...See moreWhen her best friend dies and leaves her four-year-old daughter Betty in her care, orphan Dorothy Crane, feeling unwelcome in the home of her aunt and uncle, takes her charge and heads for New York City. There she discovers that children are not wanted by landlords, and so experiences difficulty finding a place to live, until kindly Mrs. Farley offers her a room. Through the want ads, Dorothy becomes a receptionist for gem dealer Marcus Hazzard, and at her job meets Robert Barrington, a collector. The two fall in love, though Hazzard is also attracted to Dorothy, arousing the jealousy of his business partner, Madame Duval. One day, because Mrs. Farley is ill, Dorothy takes Betty to the office. Calling Dorothy into his private office, Hazzard begins to make sexual advances when a shot rings out, and Hazzard falls to the floor. Dorothy turns in amazement to see Betty standing in the doorway, a smoking pistol at her feet. Believing that the child shot Hazzard, Dorothy takes her and flees. Madame Duval and her Hindu servant, Ali Bey, tell the police that Dorothy killed Hazzard, until Ali finally reveals that Madame Duval fired the shot out of jealousy, thus freeing Dorothy to find happiness with Barrington. Written by AFI See less

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8 cast members

Name	Known for
Edith Day Dorothy Crane Dorothy Crane See fewer	The Grain of Dust (1918)
Ruth Sullivan Betty Marsh Betty Marsh See fewer	Jaws of Justice (1933)
Joe King Robert Barrington Robert Barrington See fewer	Smashing the Money Ring (1939)
Lumsden Hare Marcus Hazzard Marcus Hazzard See fewer	Rebecca (1940)
Jean Robertson Madame Duval Madame Duval See fewer	Flesh and Spirit (1922)
Mario Majeroni Ali Bey Ali Bey See fewer	The Valley of Silent Men (1922)
Kenneth C. Beaton The Nickelman The Nickelman See fewer	Song of the Caballero (1930)
Dorothy Walters Mrs. Farley Mrs. Farley See fewer	A Kiss for Cinderella (1925)