The Profligate Trailer

The Profligate Trailer (1916)

11 May 1916 Drama 21 mins

Young lawyer Richard Potter and Irene Roberts are secretly engaged but Irene’s social climbing mother wants her to marry a wealthy man. To that end she schemes with banker David Winters to break up Richard and Irene and pair her with Winters profligate son Gerald Winters. They succeed temporarily but Gerald is a violent drunk who runs with a fast crowd and eventually ends up charged with murder. Though innocent Gerald has been well framed and faces the gallows until Irene appeals to Richard, now the District Attorney, for aid. At the eleventh hour a confession saves Richard, allowing Richard and Irene to reunite.

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Cast

Edward Coxen

as Richard Potter

Winifred Greenwood

as Irene Roberts

George Field

as Gerald Winters

Louise Lester

as Mrs. Roberts

George Webb

as Sam Murdock

Charles Newton

as Dan Lee

Dick La Reno

as David Winters

Crew

C.B. Hoadley

C.B. Hoadley Scenario Writer

International Releases Dates

United States 11 May 1916

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