The Barricade

The Barricade

Drama | March 5, 1917

Debutante Hope Merrill (Mabel Taliaferro) returns home one day to find her financier father Amos Merrill (Frank Currier) on the verge of committing suicide. Rather than reveal the truth -- that he has misappropriated funds from his own company -- Merrill claims that he has been ruined by young John Cook (Clifford Bruce), Hope's sweetheart.

The Barricade

Drama | March 5, 1917

The Barricade
Debutante Hope Merrill (Mabel Taliaferro) returns home one day to find her financier father Amos Merrill (Frank Currier) on the verge of committing suicide. Rather than reveal the truth -- that he has misappropriated funds from his own company -- Merrill claims that he has been ruined by young John Cook (Clifford Bruce), Hope's sweetheart.
Producers
Original title The Barricade
Directors Edwin Carewe
Writers Hamilton Smith, June Mathis

Cast

Mabel Taliaferro

as Hope Merrill

Frank Currier

as Amos Merrill

Clifford Bruce

as John Cook

Robert Rendel

as Gerald Hastings

Emile Collins

as Butler

Lorna Volare

as Flower Girl

Mary Doyle

as Flower Girl