

Plot Summary
Gretchen Van Houck is just arriving in the USA, on a ship from Holland. She joins her father, who has already spent several years in America, where he owns an engraving business. In the tenement community where the Van Houcks live, there are residents of many nationalities. Gretchen soon becomes close friends with Pietro, a popular resident, and she also takes an interest in the widow Garrity and her children. Another resident, Rogers, is more mysterious. One day Rogers tells Mr. Van Houck that he could help him get a job printing money for the government. Van Houck eagerly agrees to try, but when he finds out what Rogers is really doing, he is placed in a painful dilemma.
Full Cast & Characters

Dorothy Gish
Gretchen Van Houck

Ralph Lewis
Jan Van Houck

Eugene Pallette
Rodgers

Elmo Lincoln
Mystery Ship Captain

Frank Bennett
Pietro

Georgie Stone
Little Nicky Garrity

Kate Bruce
Widow Garrity

Beulah Burns
A Garrity Kid

Francis Carpenter
A Garrity Kid

'Baby' Carmen De Rue
A Garrity Kid

Violet Radcliffe
A Garrity Kid

Tom Spencer
A Garrity Kid
Director & Crew
Chester M. Franklin
Director
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Gretchen the Greenhorn was directed by Chester M. Franklin and released in 1916.
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Movie Details
- Release Date
- 1916-09-03
- Status
- Released