08 November 1917 Drama 50 mins
Ethel Barrymore plays the wife of an abusive country squire. So nasty is her husband that he all but forces her to seek solace in the arms of her former sweetheart (played by Alan Hale in his leading-man period). Their clandestine relationship finally comes out in the open when the nasty husband is killed by his irate tenants.
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Ethel Barrymore as Esther Carey
Alan Hale as Dr. Henry Grey
Paul Everton as B.J. Hendrix
Ricca Allen as Ruth Martin
Reginald Carrington as John Martin
Frank Leigh as Dirk Kanset
Walter Hiers as Fatty Holmes
Harvey Bogart as Ezra Craddock
United States 08 November 1917
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20 July 1917
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26 February 1917
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22 October 1917
Artist Henry is wildly jealous of his girl Flossie so when he sees her in the arms of another man he overreacts and tries to end it all in a variety of over the top ways.
20 August 1917
Al and Roscoe, employees at a gas station, are rivals for Alice. When Buster delivers a wedding gown for Alice and begins modeling it, he is mistaken for Alice and is kidnapped by Al.
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29 September 1917
A woman determines to clear her imprisoned husband of false charges by entrapping the real culprit herself.
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