
Alas and Alack
Overview
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.
Top 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
Key Film Crew
Production Stats
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