Crusading Judge Evans wants to expose the unscrupulous Judge Mordant even though he is engaged to Mordant's daughter, Doris. Hearing of Evan's plan, Mordant devises a scheme of his own and `frames' Evans with five teenage girls and a prostitute.
Watch the official Common Ground 1916 trailer in HD below.
Marie Doro as The Kid
Thomas Meighan as Judge David Evans
Theodore Roberts as James Mordant
Mary Mersch as Doris Mordant
Horace B. Carpenter as Burke
Florence Smythe as Mrs. Dupont
Mrs. Lewis McCord as Housekeeper
Dr. Keller as Jones
United States 30 July 1916
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More movie trailers, teasers, and clips from Common Ground:
A song about the terrible battle of the Somme 1916.
These some of the most viewed trailers for movies released in 1916:
27 February 1916
Scott Wells, a lowly clerk in the offices of railroad magnate David Haldeman, overhears a plot to ruin Haldeman.
12 November 1916
Rube's and Ben's wives are waitresses. An art collector purchases a rare picture and the "picture pirate," representing himself as another collector, calls on the first collector.
08 October 1916
A young girl is kept ignorant of her mother by her aunt. After her aunt dies, the girl is used by crooks and arrested.
01 April 1916
Jack Marston is the sheriff of a western town and Jennie, his sister, is postmistress and operator at the stage station.
21 August 1916
Orphaned sisters Kate and Irene are separated as children, but each keeps half of their mother's wedding ring.
22 January 1916
The plan is this: a foreign man of war is interned in the harbor. By blowing up this boat, Carney figures that strained relation existing between this country and warring nations will snap and the United States will be drawn into the conflict.
28 May 1916
A young girl is betrothed to a rich Count by her family who have hopes of partaking in the Count's fortune.
16 April 1916
Roscoe writes of his love and announces that he will call on Irene with the ring and ask her parents' consent to their marriage.
21 February 1916
Captain Mills is jealous of Jim Clifford, his fellow officer at the British War Department, so he steals an important document in an attempt to make Clifford look bad.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1916 Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company.
