Open Your Eyes

A propagandistic melodrama recounting the dangers and horrors of venereal disease.

Cast

Faire Binney

as Kitty Walton

Mrs. Joupert

as Mrs. Walton

Jack Hopkins

as Mr. Walton

Halbert Brown

as Dr. Bennett

Eddie Beryll

as Eddie Samson

Emily Marceau

as Frances Forrester

Viola Allen

as Mrs. Forrester

Ben Lyon

as Harold Connors

Gaston Glass

Jack L. Warner

as Soldier (uncredited)

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