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The Winning Girl (1919)

50 min | Comedy, Drama

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Because he had previously picked the name James for his first-born, when a female arrives, Major Milligan, a well-meaning but lazy dreamer, calls his daughter Jamesina, or Jemmy for short. With the birth of her second child, Mrs. Milligan ...See moreBecause he had previously picked the name James for his first-born, when a female arrives, Major Milligan, a well-meaning but lazy dreamer, calls his daughter Jamesina, or Jemmy for short. With the birth of her second child, Mrs. Milligan dies, and several years later, when Jemmy is about eighteen, the Major marries a widow with three children. Soon the family is deeply in debt. Jemmy gets work at a textile factory, gets jobs for the other children, and even inspires the Major to work. She falls in love with Stanley Templeton, an aviator on furlough, but because his mother disapproves, Jemmy refuses to marry him. After Stanley returns to the war, Jemmy captures a German spy in the plant who was soaking cloth for airplanes in acid. She receives a reward which allows the Milligans to pay off their mortgage. Mrs. Templeton apologizes, and when Stanley returns, she warmly approves of their engagement. Written by AFI See less

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10 cast members

Name	STARmeter	Known for
Shirley Mason Jemmy Milligan Jemmy Milligan See fewer	Members only	Sally in Our Alley (1927)
Theodore Roberts Major Milligan Major Milligan See fewer	Members only	Anton the Terrible (1916)
Harold Goodwin Jack Milligan Jack Milligan See fewer	Members only	All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
Lincoln Stedman Percy Milligan (as Lincoln Steadman) Percy Milligan (as Lincoln Steadman) See fewer	Members only	Anne of Green Gables (1919)
Clara Horton Vivian Milligan Vivian Milligan See fewer	Members only	Tom Sawyer (1917)
Jean Calhoun Gwendolyn Milligan Gwendolyn Milligan See fewer	Members only	The Cub Reporter (1922)
Edythe Chapman Second Mrs. Milligan Second Mrs. Milligan See fewer	Members only	Bound in Morocco (1918)
Niles Welch Stanley Templeton Stanley Templeton See fewer	Members only	Dangerous Pleasure (1924)
Helen Dunbar Mrs. Templeton Mrs. Templeton See fewer	Members only	Romeo and Juliet (II) (1916)
Jose Melville Fanny Milligan Fanny Milligan See fewer	Members only	A Roadside Impresario (1917)