Know Thy Child

Know Thy Child is a 1921 Australian silent film directed by Franklyn Barrett.

A travelling salesman, Ray Standford Roland Conway, seduces country girl Sadie McClure Vera James but forgets about her when she returns to the city and marries Dorothy Graham Nada Conrade, daughter of his boss. Sadie gives birth to a daughter, Eileen Lotus Thompson, who becomes Rays personal secretary. Dorothy becomes a social worker and she and Ray can not have children. Dorothy pressures the government to declare bigamous all marriages contracted by people who were morally pledged to others. Ray becomes attracted to Ellen, but she has a sweetheart, engineer Geoffrey Dexter. One night burglars enter a building containing Ray, Eileen and Geoffrey but they fight them off.The film was shot in Sydney at the Rushcutters Bay Studio with exteriors done at Berowra Waters and at Grenwell Point near Nowra. ........

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