Summary Childhood friends Mary Lee and Vera receive two different versions of the 'birds and the bees' from their mothers: Mary Lee gets the facts; Vera gets a prudish fairytale version. Their lives separate after graduation, Mary Lee becomes a nurse who falls in proper love with a Doctor, whereas Vera follows her mother's advice and seeks to marry a rich man, but falls for the unlawful, syphilitic charms of a wealthy cad. Mary Lee and her Doctor rescue Vera and help her get proper care after a series of revelations showing actual patients of the loathsome disease. Finally, Mary Lee and her new husband volunteer to help our boys fighting the Huns in France. View more details
Directed : Edward H. Griffith
Written : Edward H. Griffith Katherine Bement Davis
Stars : Claire Adams Raymond McKee Richard Bennett Joyce Fair
Genres : Drama
Release date : Feb 15, 1919
Countries of origin : United States
Language : None
Filming locations : Blackwell's Island, East River, New York City, New York, USA
Production companies : U.S. War Department Famous Players-Lasky Corporation American Social Hygiene Association
Summary Childhood friends Mary Lee and Vera receive two different versions of the 'birds and the bees' from their mothers: Mary Lee gets the facts; Vera gets a prudish fairytale version. Their lives separate after graduation, Mary Lee becomes a nurse who falls in proper love with a Doctor, whereas Vera follows her mother's advice and seeks to marry a rich man, but falls for the unlawful, syphilitic charms of a wealthy cad. Mary Lee and her Doctor rescue Vera and help her get proper care after a series of revelations showing actual patients of the loathsome disease. Finally, Mary Lee and her new husband volunteer to help our boys fighting the Huns in France. View more details
Genres : Drama
Release date : Feb 15, 1919
Countries of origin : United States
Language : None
Filming locations : Blackwell's Island, East River, New York City, New York, USA
Production companies : U.S. War Department Famous Players-Lasky Corporation American Social Hygiene Association
