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  • The Unknown Quantity (1919)
  • 50 min | Drama
The Unknown Quantity (1919)
50 min | Drama

Mary Boyne, who made shirts at four dollars a week, had no place for love in her life - only despair and hate for the son of the man who had plunged her family into deepest distress. Peter Kenwitz loved Mary, but because he was a ...See moreMary Boyne, who made shirts at four dollars a week, had no place for love in her life - only despair and hate for the son of the man who had plunged her family into deepest distress. Peter Kenwitz loved Mary, but because he was a mathematician and a pessimist by trade, his love was as hopeless as her chance for happiness. Dan Kinsolving was the son of the man who ruined Mary's family. He loved Mary and gloried in her hatred for him. He set about moving the problem of turning her hate into love. He let X represent The UNKNOWN QUANTITY in life's greatest problem. Did he win? Written by taken from a newspaper ad for The Unknown Quantity See less
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Apr 14, 1919 (United States)

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Corinne Griffith
Mary Boyne Mary Boyne   See fewer
Huntley Gordon
Dan Kinsolving Dan Kinsolving   See fewer
Harry Davenport
Septimus Kinsolving Septimus Kinsolving   See fewer
Jack Ridgeway
Thomas Boyne Thomas Boyne   See fewer
F.R. Buckley
Peter Kenwitz (as Frederick Buckley) Peter Kenwitz (as Frederick Buckley)   See fewer
Jack McLean
Sammy Boyne Sammy Boyne   See fewer
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