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.
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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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A song about the terrible battle of the Somme 1916.
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Scott Wells, a lowly clerk in the offices of railroad magnate David Haldeman, overhears a plot to ruin Haldeman.
22 May 1916
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10 March 1916
Ranger Frank rescues a family from a devastating outlaw band.
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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The story takes place in Monte Carlo, where the impoverished Julian proposes marriage to the wealthy Dora, only to be turned down by the girl's mercenary mother.
18 September 1916
Muriel Flemming secretly marries Graydon Burton before he heads West to make his fortune. Later, when he is about to board a train to return to his wife, he is accused of a murder that was actually committed by crooked attorney Herman Slade.
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Artwork, screen shots, trailers and other imagery is © 1916 Jesse L. Lasky Feature Play Company.
