Pasquale

The adventures of Pasquale, an Italian immigrant in New York who faces love, war, and betrayal. Directed by William Desmond Taylor and starring George Beban, the plot balances domestic melodrama with the backdrop of World War I.

Cast

George Beban

as Grocer

Helen Jerome Eddy

as Margarita

Page Peters

as Bob Fulton

Jack Nelson

as Charlie Larkin

Myrtle Stedman

as Banker's wife

Nigel De Brulier

as Banker

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