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The Oakdale Affair (1919)

Refusing to marry her stepmother's choice, Gail Prim leaves her life of luxury, after cutting her hair, dressing in her butler's clothes and stealing money and jewels from her father's safe. Spending the night in a barn, she introduces herself to the thieves already there as the Oskaloosa Kid, a wanted criminal, and barely escapes their struggle to get her loot. Meanwhile, the real Oskaloosa Kid kills Reginald Paynter and throws Nettie Penning, whom Reginald was trying to seduce, onto the highway.

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Top billed cast

Evelyn GreeleyGail Prim
Eric MayneJohn Prim
Maude Turner GordonMrs. Prim
Charles MackayReginald Payntter
Eric DaltonPrim's Chauffeur
Mona KingsleyNettie Penning
Reginald DennyArthur Stockbridge
Frank JoynerThe Oskaloosa Kid
Al HartThe Sky Pilot
Eddie SturgisDopey Charlie

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