Gretchen the Greenhorn
The Plot
Gretchen Van Houck is just arriving in the USA, on a ship from Holland. She joins her father, who has already spent several years in America, where he owns an engraving business. In the tenement community where the Van Houcks live, there are residents of many nationalities. Gretchen soon becomes close friends with Pietro, a popular resident, and she also takes an interest in the widow Garrity and her children. Another resident, Rogers, is more mysterious. One day Rogers tells Mr. Van Houck that he could help him get a job printing money for the government. Van Houck eagerly agrees to try, but when he finds out what Rogers is really doing, he is placed in a painful dilemma.
0h 58m
Crime, Drama, Romance
03 Sep 1916
United States of America
No Language
Director & Producers
Top Billed Cast
Dorothy GishGretchen Van Houck
Ralph LewisJan Van Houck
Eugene PalletteRodgers
Elmo LincolnMystery Ship Captain
Frank BennettPietro
Georgie StoneLittle Nicky Garrity
Kate BruceWidow Garrity
A Garrity Kid
Francis CarpenterA Garrity Kid
'Baby' Carmen De RueA Garrity Kid
A Garrity Kid
A Garrity Kid


Chester M. Franklin
Sidney Franklin
Bernard McConville