Waifs (film)

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Waifs
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Directed by Albert Parker
Written by Grace Sartwell Mason
Frank Leon Smith
Starring Gladys Hulette
Creighton Hale
Walter Hiers
Cinematography Alfred Ortlieb
Production
company
Distributed by Pathé Exchange
Release date
August 4, 1918
Running time
50 minutes
CountryUnited States
Languages Silent
English intertitles

Waifs is a 1918 American silent comedy drama film directed by Albert Parker and starring Gladys Hulette, Creighton Hale and Walter Hiers. [1]

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  1. Rainey p.42

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