MOVIE · 1920
The Third Generation
When Alden Van Dusen, a third-generation member of a prestigious old New York family, is faced with the alternatives of allowing his firm to go bankrupt or becoming involved in fraud, he decides on suicide. As he is about to drown himself, Alden is attacked by a thug and, in the ensuing struggle, his assailant is killed. Seizing upon the opportunity, Alden changes identities with the dead man and drifts West, where he becomes an employee in his firm's mine.
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The Third Generation
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Story
When Alden Van Dusen, a third-generation member of a prestigious old New York family, is faced with the alternatives of allowing his firm to go bankrupt or becoming involved in fraud, he decides on suicide. As he is about to drown himself, Alden is attacked by a thug and, in the ensuing struggle, his assailant is killed. Seizing upon the opportunity, Alden changes identities with the dead man and drifts West, where he becomes an employee in his firm's mine.
CAST
Featured cast
Betty BlytheHelen Van Dusen
Mahlon HamiltonAlden Van Dusen
Betty BriceMiss Scales
Jack PrattCuthbert Steele
Josef SwickardColonel Alden Van Dusen
Fred KelseyBrody
Peggy CartwrightNancy JaneMORE TO EXPLORE
