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Plain Jane

ComedyDrama
0.0·1916·0h 50m

Young John Adams is working his way through college and lives in a boarding house where Jane, a hardworking and unassuming maid, falls deeply in love ...

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Cast

Bessie Barriscale

Bessie Barriscale

Jane, 'The Orphint'

Charles Ray

Charles Ray

Mr. 'John Sophomore Adams'

Fanny Midgley

Fanny Midgley

Nora O'Grogan

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Sabel Johnson

Ethelda Rathbone

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W. Burgermaster

Frederick Verstner

DIRECTOR

Charles Miller

OVERVIEW

Young John Adams is working his way through college and lives in a boarding house where Jane, a hardworking and unassuming maid, falls deeply in love with him. John, however, is initially oblivious to Jane's feelings. He is instead infatuated with Ethelda Rathbone, a socially prominent college girl. John wishes to attend a high-society ball where Ethelda will be present, but he lacks the means or social standing to fit in. As the story progresses, the "plain" Jane proves her worth and devotion, eventually winning John's heart over the more superficial Ethelda.