Film

Sunshine Nan

1918 · 50m · Comedy · Drama

Nance Molloy's cheerful disposition, in sharp contrast to the slum near the cathedral where she and her parents make their home, earns her the nickname "Sunshine Nan." However, her fights with the cathedral choirboys, led by MacPherson Clark, gets her into trouble. For interfering in a family squabble, she and her pal, Dan Lewis, are sent to reform school for five years, and upon her release, she becomes a stenographer in the elder Clark's shoe factory. Dan meanwhile has taken a job in the factory's chemical department, where he invents a dye process that promises to make him rich.

Ann Pennington

Nance Molloy

Richard Barthelmess

MacPherson Clark

Johnny Hines

Dan Lewis

Helen Tracy

Mrs. Snawdor

Charles Eldridge

Mr. Snawdor

James A. Furey

Mrs. Lewis McCord

• Charles GiblynDirector
• Alice Hegan RiceNovel
• Hal YoungDirector of Photography

Release date

March 11, 1918

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

50m

Genres

Comedy, Drama