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Wealthy Jervis Pendleton acts as benefactor for orphan Judy Abbott, anonymously sponsoring her in her boarding school. But as she grows up, he finds himself falling in love with her, and she with him, though she does not know that the man she has fallen for is her benefactor.
18 Cast Members
Janet Gaynor
Judy Abbott
Warner Baxter
Jervis Pendleton
Una Merkel
Sally McBride
John Arledge
Jimmy McBride
Claude Gillingwater
Riggs
Effie Ellsler
Mrs. Semple
Kendall McComas
Freddie Perkins
Kathlyn Williams
Mrs. Paula Pendleton
Elizabeth Patterson
Mrs. Lippett
Louise Closser Hale
Miss Pritchard
Sheila Bromley
Gloria
Billy Barty
Billy - Orphan (uncredited)
Edith Fellows
Orphan (uncredited)
Clarence Geldart
Clarence Geldart
Minister at Commencement (uncredited)
Edwin Maxwell
Wykoff (uncredited)
Steve Pendleton
Sally's Beau (uncredited)
Martha Lee Sparks
Katie (uncredited)
