Alas and Alack

A fishwife tells her young daughter a fairy story about a princess imprisoned by a hunchback in a seashell, a story that parallels her own life.

Cast

Cleo Madison

The Fisherwife and Fishermaid

Arthur Shirley

The Man of Wealth and the Prince

Mary Kearnen

The Fisher Babe

Lon Chaney

The Fisherman and Hunchback Fate

Margaret Whistler

The Wife of Wealth

Crew

Joseph De Grasse

Director

Ida May Park

Writer

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