Betrayed by a Handprint Trailer (1908)

01 September 1908 Crime 8 mins

Mrs. Wharton, a dashing widow, gives a party at her beautiful villa in honor of the presentation to her of a handsome diamond necklace by her fiancé. During the evening bridge participated in by a number of the guests, among whom is Myrtle Vane. Miss Vane is playing in wretched luck, and is advised several times by Mrs. Wharton to desist, but she still plays on in the vain hopes of the tide of fortune turning, until at last, in the extreme of desperation, she stakes her all and loses. Shame and disgrace stare her in the face. What can she do to recoup her depleted fortune? As one of the guests there is Professor Francois Paracelsus, the eminent palmister, who of course, was called upon to read the palms of those present. Sheets of paper were prepared and each imprinted their hand on a sheet to be read by the erudite soothsayer at his leisure, and so were left on the drawing room table.

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Cast

Florence Lawrence as Myrtle Vane

Harry Solter as Mr. Wharton

Linda Arvidson as The Maid / Party Guest

Kate Bruce as Mrs. Wharton

Gene Gauntier as Party Guest

George Gebhardt as The Palmister

Mack Sennett as The Butler

Crew

D.W. Griffith Director

D.W. Griffith Writer

Billy Bitzer Cinematography

Arthur Marvin Cinematography

International Releases Dates

United States 01 September 1908

Production Companies

American Mutoscope and Biograph Company

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