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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On New Year's Eve, the convicted murderer, Strong Henry, escapes from prison and collects his son from the orphanage.
22 May 1916
The Suspect is a 1916 lost silent film directed by S. Rankin Drew. Set in France and Russia, the plot revolves around the cruelties of Russian Grand Duke Karatoff, known to friends and enemies alike as "the butcher.
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.
10 September 1916
When her husband Jim strikes it rich, Grace, who has had a lifelong fear of poverty, strictly raises her daughter Florence to accept only luxury.
23 January 1916
When Sassoon, also known as "The Wolf” attempts to swindle Dore Baxter out of her grandmother’s farm Garry Lindaberry and the villain’s wife conspire to thwart him leading to a happy conclusion for Dore & Garry.
12 March 1916
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05 June 1916
Mink Jones of Jonesville, is the lord high executioner and everything else.
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Molly Bawn. British silent drama movie. Directed by Cecil M Hepworth. Starring Alma Taylor, Stewart Rome an Violet Hopson.
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