Top cast:Mary Pickford,Owen Moore,Thomas H. Ince
Director:Alice Guy
Genre:War
Region:Poland
Year:2000
Storyline:Later, the desperate, ""fallen"" unwed mother (Edna Purviance) reappeared, after having becoming wealthy, and sought o regain custody and get the child back through social welfare workers in a heartwrenching, melodramatic moment." [Note: Later in the film, Brody claimed it was six to seven months earlier, not a year.] Marlowe is called in to break up a troublesome blackmail ring that threatens o apply further pressure, ostensibly forcing Sternwood to pay legally-uncollectible gambling debts.She didn""t want the Mountie to know her connection o and search for her fugitive brother.He offered to help her find her half-breed guide who had stolen her money.And then she feigned elling him "everything" - "I""m up here to meet someone" - and that she was "fishing" - supposedly she was looking for her sweetheart in the woods, for romance.[Note: the gift of a fedora was an acknowledgement by writer Kasdan of the film""s noirish roots in 1940s crime dramas.