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Summary View of Movie Name Occurs Before Title Offscreen Credit Print Viewed By AFI Stub Record Sheltered Daughters Director: Edward Dillon (Dir) Release Date:   May 1921 Print this page Display Movie Detail Cast: Justine Johnstone  (Jenny Dark)   Riley Hatch  (Jim Dark, her father)   Warner Baxter  (Pep Mullins)   Summary: New York policeman Jim Dark determines that his daughter, Jenny, will be shielded from any knowledge of evil, and consequently she lives in a dream world, imagining herself to be a descendant of Jeanne d'Arc. Her school friend Adele, also sheltered, is turned away from home for going out with a young man and gets a job at a fashion shop. Jenny visits her and falls into the hands of a bogus Frenchman, who through her aid collects funds supposedly for war orphans. Jim tracks the criminal to a rendezvous with his daughter, and with the aid of Pep Mullins, who is in love with Jenny, rescues her.  Production Company: Realart Pictures Director: Edward Dillon (Dir) Writer: Clara Beranger (Scen)   George Bronson Howard (Story) Subject Major: Adolescence   Couturiers   Fatherhood   Good and evil   Joan of Arc, Saint   Police Display Movie Detail

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