The Children Pay

Two sisters are separated when their parents divorce.

Cast

Lillian Gish

as Millicent

Keith Armour

as Horace Craig

Alma Rubens

as Editha, the Girls' Stepmother

Violet Wilkey

as Jean, Millicent's sister

Ralph Lewis

as Theodore Ainsley, the Girls' Father

Loyola O'Connor

as Elinor Ainsley, the Girls' Mother

Jennie Lee

as Susan, the Girls' Governess

Robert Lohmeyer

as Signor Zucca

Carl Stockdale

as Judge Mason

Madame Sul-Te-Wan

as Uncredited

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